Carey, Peter

Illywhacker [Signed]

London: Faber and Faber, 1985. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : 600pp. : original red boards with silver lettering : Illustrated dust jacket : SIGNED by Carey at the title page : signature of previous owner (Greg Gatenby, Director of International Festival of Authors). Top edge lightly toned; light shelf wear to tail of text block at leading edge. Near fine / Fine. Item #12341
ISBN: 0571132073

Carey's second novel won a host of awards including The Age Book of the Year Award, the Fellowship of Australian Writers Barbara Ramsden Award, the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, the Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, the National Book Council's Banjo Award and the Victorian Premier's Award. It was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Price: $120.00