Last Letters from Hav
Jan Morris
Last Letters from Hav by Jan Morris is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Read Time: ~10 hr
Illywhacker
by Peter Carey (1985)
About this book
"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 stories and barefaced lies.". "As Carey follows this charming scoundrel across a continent and a century, he creates a crazy quilt of outlandish encounters, with characters that include a genteel dowager who fends off madness with an electric belt and a ravishing young girl with a dangerous fondness for rooftop trysts. Boldly inventive, irresistibly odd, Illywhacker is further proof that Peter Carey is one of the most enchanting writers at work in any hemisphere."--BOOK JACKET.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraLate 20th Century
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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