{"product_id":"illywhacker","title":"Illywhacker","description":"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--espcially of its proclivity for tall stories and barefaced lies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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, \u003cb\u003eIllywhacker\u003c\/b\u003e is further proof that Peter Carey is one of the most enchanting writers at work in any hemisphere.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833715339469,"sku":"9780679767909","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_bb4a3ef4-4746-4595-9582-358db4b555b6.jpg?v=1790894448","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/illywhacker","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}