The appeal of commercial fantasy combined with literary style and panache A beautifully realised and original fantasy world A superbly characterised hero - cocky, naive, clever, deceitful and endlessly funny. A rogue and a con artist, and a hero to carry the whole series Excellent dialogue, beautiful descriptions: this is a debut author in full command of his talents.
Scott Lynch was born in 1978 in St Paul, Minnesota, where he still lives. In addition to being a freelance writer for various role-playing game companies, he has done all the usual jobs writers put in their bios: dishwasher, waiter, web designer, marketing writer, office manager and short-order cook.
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*
Fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized
*George R.R. Martin*
The Lies of Locke Lamora is one of my top ten books ever. Maybe my
top five. If you haven't read it, you should
*Patrick Rothfuss*
A great, swashbuckling yarn of a novel
*Richard Morgan*
Filled with thievery goodness, hilarious turns of phrase and
description, and some truly harebrained schemes, The Lies of Locke
Lamora belongs on any fantasy fans bookshelf
*The Fantasy Book Review*
This extremely well-written tale of avarice and brotherhood is a
treasure of gold
*Novel Notions*
A rewarding read, well written, and entertaining
*Mark Lawrence*
[This book] stole hours of sleep. It wrapped me in cozy myth. It
gave me the blessing of feeling like a kid again
*Pierce Brown*
If you like intelligent funny dialogue, clever protagonists facing
equally clever antagonists, and vivid original world building,
Scott Lynch is your guy
*Rick Riordan*
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.
"Locke's resilience and wit give the book the tragicomic air of a
traditional picaresque, rubbery ethics and all."--"Publishers
Weekly "
"Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser would have felt right at home with the
Gentleman Bastards. They're not out to save the world, just their
own skins...oh, and to relieve some nobles of their gold, jewels,
and silks along the way. This is a fresh, original, and engrossing
tale by a bright new voice in the fantasy genre. Locke Lamora makes
for an engaging rogue, and Camorr a fascinating and gorgeously
realized setting, a city to rival Lankhmar, Amber, and Viriconium.
I look forward to returning there for many more visits."--George R.
R. Martin
"Scott Lynch is a con man, a conjuror, a wickedly entertaining
juggler of words with knives up his sleeves and hatchets down his
back. By the time you realize he's dangerous, you're already
bleeding. The Lies of Locke Lamora is a ticket inside the
astonishing city-state Camorr, and a free pass into the com
" Locke's resilience and wit give the book the tragicomic air of a
traditional picaresque, rubbery ethics and all." -- "Publishers
Weekly"
" Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser would have felt right at home with the
Gentleman Bastards. They're not out to save the world, just their
own skins...oh, and to relieve some nobles of their gold, jewels,
and silks along the way. This is a fresh, original, and engrossing
tale by a bright new voice in the fantasy genre. Locke Lamora makes
for an engaging rogue, and Camorr a fascinating and gorgeously
realized setting, a city to rival Lankhmar, Amber, and Viriconium.
I look forward to returning there for many more visits." -- George
R. R. Martin
" Scott Lynch is a con man, a conjuror, a wickedly entertaining
juggler of words with knives up his sleeves and hatchets down his
back. By the time you realize he's dangerous, you're already
bleeding. The Lies of Locke Lamora is a ticket inside the
astonishing city-state Camorr, and a free pass into the company of
the entirely extraordinary Gentleman Bastards, and a match for any
fantasy adventure I've ever read. The best news is: it's Book One.
That means there'll be more." -- Matthew Woodring Stover
" Among the year's most impressive debuts ... 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. Fans of lavishly appointed fantasy will be in
seventh heaven here, but it will be nearly as popular with readers
of literary crime fiction." -- "Booklist," starredreview
"From the Hardcover edition."
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