The Lies of Locke Lamora

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  An excellent debut for a promising new series and a good departure for those who are a bit tired of epic fantasy. This book follows the life of Locke Lamora, a professional thief. The structure of the book put me off a bit at first, since alternating sections were flashbacks to his early life, but ... (continue)

  An excellent debut for a promising new series and a good departure for those who are a bit tired of epic fantasy. This book follows the life of Locke Lamora, a professional thief. The structure of the book put me off a bit at first, since alternating sections were flashbacks to his early life, but only because the main storyline was so good. The book was a fun, enjoyable read. Think: a cross between a caper movie and a fantasy novel.

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  Braydin said on Jun 21, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  a thief story set in a world filled with ancient artifacts. likeable protagonist, interesting setting, satisfying ending with enough main characters dying. cleans head of thoughts for the weekend, what else do you need.

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  Pohva said on Jan 17, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• Book I read on break-time at work when it was too noisy (or I was too tired) to study. A good adventure book, with a sequel already in the works, and foreshadowing in place (where is that female character we heard mentioned as if we were supposed to know who she was?). At first I was put off a lit ... (continue)

  Book I read on break-time at work when it was too noisy (or I was too tired) to study. A good adventure book, with a sequel already in the works, and foreshadowing in place (where is that female character we heard mentioned as if we were supposed to know who she was?). At first I was put off a little by the jumping around in the story's timeline, but by the end I was enjoying the asides and history sandwiched between the "now" portions. This book will be a page turner for many readers, and is highly enjoyable. I will caution the future readers of this book that if it were a movie, I would rate it "R" due to violence.

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  KyotoCutie said on Feb 4, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 512 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0575076941
• ISBN-13: 9780575076945
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Pub date: Jun 01, 2006
• Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1032 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Audio CD, Others and eBook

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