Illywhacker
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Illywhacker is a 1985 novel by Australian author Peter Carey, known for its darkly comic, magical-realist portrayal of a 139-year-old con man recounting his life and the history of 20th-century Australia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Illywhacker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5136567 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illywhacker Context triple: [Peter Carey, notableWork, Illywhacker]
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A.
High Rock
High Rock is a rugged, politically fragmented province in The Elder Scrolls universe, homeland of the Bretons and known for its feudal kingdoms, ancient ruins, and coastal cities.
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B.
Huckleberry Mountain
Huckleberry Mountain is a prominent peak in Oregon’s Cascade Range, known for its forested slopes and hiking trails within the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness.
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C.
Savage Mountain
Savage Mountain is the ominous nickname for K2, the world’s second-highest peak, renowned for its extreme difficulty and high fatality rate among climbers.
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D.
Tumbledown Mountain
Tumbledown Mountain is a strategically significant peak near Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands, best known as the site of a major 1982 battle during the Falklands War.
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E.
Tumbledown Mountain
Tumbledown Mountain is a popular hiking destination in western Maine known for its rugged trails and a scenic alpine pond near the summit.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illywhacker Target entity description: Illywhacker is a 1985 novel by Australian author Peter Carey, known for its darkly comic, magical-realist portrayal of a 139-year-old con man recounting his life and the history of 20th-century Australia.
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A.
High Rock
High Rock is a rugged, politically fragmented province in The Elder Scrolls universe, homeland of the Bretons and known for its feudal kingdoms, ancient ruins, and coastal cities.
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B.
Huckleberry Mountain
Huckleberry Mountain is a prominent peak in Oregon’s Cascade Range, known for its forested slopes and hiking trails within the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness.
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C.
Savage Mountain
Savage Mountain is the ominous nickname for K2, the world’s second-highest peak, renowned for its extreme difficulty and high fatality rate among climbers.
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D.
Tumbledown Mountain
Tumbledown Mountain is a strategically significant peak near Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands, best known as the site of a major 1982 battle during the Falklands War.
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E.
Tumbledown Mountain
Tumbledown Mountain is a popular hiking destination in western Maine known for its rugged trails and a scenic alpine pond near the summit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Peter Carey ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Australian identity
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capitalism in Australia ⓘ deception ⓘ family relationships ⓘ myth-making ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| depicts |
Australian history
ⓘ
rural Australia ⓘ urban Australia ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterAge | 139 years old ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Oscar and Lucinda
ⓘ
linked to:
Oscar and Lucinda (novel)
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| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ novel ⓘ picaresque novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | con artist ⓘ |
| hasMeaningOfTitle | Australian slang for con man ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice | life story as national allegory ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
nonlinear narrative
ⓘ
satire ⓘ tall tale ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
aviation in Australia
ⓘ
entrepreneurship ⓘ immigration in Australia ⓘ political change in Australia ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Herbert Badgery ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | autobiographical confession ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of realism and fantasy
ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 600+ ⓘ |
| partOf | Peter Carey bibliography ⓘ |
| protagonist | Herbert Badgery ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Faber and Faber
ⓘ
University of Queensland Press ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 20th-century Australia ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
1985 Booker Prize
ⓘ
linked to:
Booker Prize
Booker Prize ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Illywhacker Description of subject: Illywhacker is a 1985 novel by Australian author Peter Carey, known for its darkly comic, magical-realist portrayal of a 139-year-old con man recounting his life and the history of 20th-century Australia.
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