Scott Lynch is the author of The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, and The Republic of Thieves. He lives in Wisconsin and frequently visits Massachusetts, the home of his partner, science fiction writer Elizabeth Bear. He moonlights as a volunteer firefighter.
“Fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized.”—George
R. R. Martin
“Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think The Lies
of Locke Lamora is probably in my top ten favorite books ever.
Maybe my top five. If you haven’t read it, you should. If you have
read it, you should probably read it again.”—Patrick Rothfuss, New
York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind
“Remarkable . . . Scott Lynch’s first novel, The Lies of Locke
Lamora, exports the suspense and wit of a cleverly constructed
crime caper into an exotic realm of fantasy, and the result is
engagingly entertaining.”—The Times (London)
“A unique fantasy milieu peopled by absorbing, colorful characters
. . . Locke’s wit and audacity endear him to victims and bystanders
alike.”—The Seattle Times
“A true genre bender, at home on almost any kind of fiction shelf .
. . Lynch immediately establishes himself as a gifted and fearless
storyteller, unafraid of comparisons to Silverberg and Jordan, not
to mention David Liss and even Dickens.”—Booklist (starred
review)
“High-octane fantasy . . . a great swashbuckling yarn of a
novel.”—Richard Morgan
Life imitates art and art scams life in Lynch's debut, a picaresque fantasy that chronicles the career of Locke Lamora orphan, thief and leader of the Gentlemen Bastards from the time the Thiefmaker sells Locke to the faking Eyeless Priest up to Locke's latest con of the nobility of the land of Camorr. As in any good caper novel, the plot is littered with obvious and not-so-obvious obstacles, including the secret police of Camorr's legendary Spider and the mysterious assassinations of gang leaders by the newly arrived Gray King. Locke's resilience and wit give the book the tragicomic air of a traditional picaresque, rubbery ethics and all. The villain holds the best moral justification of any of the players. Lynch provides plenty of historical and cultural information reminiscent of new weirdists Steven Erikson and China Mieville, if not quite as outre. The only drawback is that the realistic fullness of the background tends to accentuate the unreality of the melodramatic foreground. (July) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
"Fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously
realized."-George R. R. Martin
"Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think The
Lies of Locke Lamora is probably in my top ten favorite books
ever. Maybe my top five. If you haven't read it, you should. If you
have read it, you should probably read it again."-Patrick
Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name
of the Wind
"Remarkable . . . Scott Lynch's first novel, The Lies of Locke
Lamora, exports the suspense and wit of a cleverly constructed
crime caper into an exotic realm of fantasy, and the result is
engagingly entertaining."-The Times (London)
"A unique fantasy milieu peopled by absorbing, colorful characters
. . . Locke's wit and audacity endear him to victims and bystanders
alike."-The Seattle Times
"A true genre bender, at home on almost any kind of fiction shelf .
. . Lynch immediately establishes himself as a gifted and fearless
storyteller, unafraid of comparisons to Silverberg and Jordan, not
to mention David Liss and even Dickens."-Booklist
(starred review)
"High-octane fantasy . . . a great swashbuckling yarn of a
novel."-Richard Morgan
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