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Lexicon
Max Barry
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Description for Lexicon
Paperback. Words are weapons, and one man is immune, in this dazzlingly original thriller from the author of Jennifer Government. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Sticks and stones break bones.
Words kill.
They recruited Emily from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words.
They'll live to regret it.
Wil survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember it.
Now they're after him and he doesn't know why.
There's a word, they say. It shouldn't have got out. But it did.
And they want it back...
Find out why in one of the most mind-bending, page-turning, thrilling novels you'll ever read.
*Winner of the Aurealis Award for science fiction and GoodReads Choice Awards finalist for best science fiction*
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444764680
SKU
V9781444764680
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Max Barry
Max Barry is the author of four previous novels, including New York Times Notable Book Jennifer Government and Syrup, soon to be a major film. He is also the creator of the internet mini-phenomenon NationStates, an online political simulation game. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and two daughters. He is a cat person. Visit Max Barry's website at maxbarry.com, find him at facebook.com/maxbarry or follow him on twitter.com/maxbarry.
Reviews for Lexicon
Brilliantly realised... strikingly relevant... a resounding success
SFX
Highly entertaining and engrossing... characters that are both complicated and likeable
SciFi Now
Gripping... a pitch-perfect thriller, a jetpack of a plot that rocketed me from page one to page 400 in a single afternoon
Cory Doctorow
BoingBoing
Truly original... a crack-paced thriller... smart and tons of fun
Australian
Barry's smartest dystopia yet
io9.com
Sophisticated and laden with subtext... clearly reaffirms Barry's status as a gifted purveyor of suspense
Time Out New York
Best thing I've read in a long, long time... a masterpiece
Hugh Howey, bestselling author of Wool Wonderfully crafted, dark yet humourous, fast-paced and tragic in turn
National
An extraordinarily fast, funny, cerebral thriller
Lev Grossman
Time
Delightfully high-concept...think Noam Chomsky meets Christopher Nolan
Vogue
Insanely good. Dark and twisted and sweet and humane all at once.
Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls and Zoo City Dazzling and spectacularly inventive. A novel that jams itself sideways into your brain and stays there.
Mike Carey, author of The Devil You Know A spellbinding, intelligent read...a freewheeling plot intermeshed with linguistic theory and some genuinely creepy horror set-pieces
Guardian
SFX
Highly entertaining and engrossing... characters that are both complicated and likeable
SciFi Now
Gripping... a pitch-perfect thriller, a jetpack of a plot that rocketed me from page one to page 400 in a single afternoon
Cory Doctorow
BoingBoing
Truly original... a crack-paced thriller... smart and tons of fun
Australian
Barry's smartest dystopia yet
io9.com
Sophisticated and laden with subtext... clearly reaffirms Barry's status as a gifted purveyor of suspense
Time Out New York
Best thing I've read in a long, long time... a masterpiece
Hugh Howey, bestselling author of Wool Wonderfully crafted, dark yet humourous, fast-paced and tragic in turn
National
An extraordinarily fast, funny, cerebral thriller
Lev Grossman
Time
Delightfully high-concept...think Noam Chomsky meets Christopher Nolan
Vogue
Insanely good. Dark and twisted and sweet and humane all at once.
Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls and Zoo City Dazzling and spectacularly inventive. A novel that jams itself sideways into your brain and stays there.
Mike Carey, author of The Devil You Know A spellbinding, intelligent read...a freewheeling plot intermeshed with linguistic theory and some genuinely creepy horror set-pieces
Guardian