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The Lies of Locke Lamora

Scott Lynch

  • 544 pages · about 9 hours
  • First published 2001
  • 16 editions
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1 About this book

The Lies of Locke Lamora is a 2006 fantasy novel by American writer Scott Lynch, the first book of the Gentleman Bastard series. Elite con artists calling themselves the "Gentleman Bastards" rob the rich of the city of Camorr, based on late medieval Venice but on an unnamed world.

Two stories interweave: in the present, the Gentleman Bastards fight a mysterious Grey King taking over the criminal underworld; alternate chapters describe the history of Camorr and the Gentleman Bastards, in particular Locke Lamora.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: adventure, epic fantasy, and a long read.

  • Fantasy
  • Epic
  • Adventure
  • Fantasy, epic
  • Gangsters
  • Swindlers and swindling
  • Orphans
  • Robbers and outlaws

2 About Scott Lynch

Born 1978

Scott Lynch (born April 2, 1978) is an American fantasy author, best known for the Gentleman Bastard Sequence series of novels. His first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, was purchased by Orion Books in August 2004 and published in June 2006 under the Gollancz imprint in the United Kingdom and under the Bantam imprint in the United States.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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