Search Results for “9780679767909”

In Australian slang, an illywhacker is a country fair con man, an unprincipled seller of fake diamonds and dubious tonics. And Herbert Badgery, the 139-year-old narrator of Peter Carey's uproarious novel, may be the king of them all. Vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch, Badgery is a walking embodiment of the Australian national character - especially of its proclivity for tall s... 

Celia says: “Still struggling.... Adored O&L many years ago, but Illy just hasn't hit the mark, sadly. Bits o...”