Illywhacker - Peter Carey
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Illywhacker is a dazzling comic narrative, from the lips of the 139-year-old Herbert Badgery, the 'illywhacker' or confidence trickster of the title. Overflowing with magic, jokes and inventions, peopled with aviators, car salesmen, Chinamen and impresarios, Peter Carey's novel is a contemporary classic. 'Illywhacker is a tour de force, both funny and moving, the work of an original at full stretch.' Financial Times 'It is impossible to convey in a review the cumulative brilliance and accelerating hilarity ...
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2003 Uitgever: Faber & Faber 569 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 057122590X ISBN-13: 9780571225903Koop dit boek tweedehands
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