IllywhackerPeter Carey's brilliant, hilarious, Booker Prize shortlisted Illywhacker is the novel that brought him to international attention. Herbert Badgery is a vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch. He might very well be the embodiment of Australia's national character, especially in its fondness for tall stories and questionable history. As this charming scoundrel traverses the continent and a century's worth of outlandish