The Lies of Locke Lamora: Collector's Tenth Anniversary Edition (Gentleman Bastard)

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With an introduction by Joe Abercrombie:- Synopsis: The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a friend to the poor, a ghost that walks through walls. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. From beginning to end, Lynch’s writing delights, and he excels in moments of poignance and heartbreak, despite the contradictory tone of the narrative. In exchange for the chance that Locke might be saved, the Bondsmagi expect the two Gentlemen Bastards to rig an election in their home city of Karthain, and to work against opposition. A real page turner, LIES has it all - cocky theives, elaborate cons, humor , and a twisted plot - all set in a beautifully built world with its own unique history.

Whilst this sounds like power fantasy, Lynch constructs his characters carefully, imbuing them with their own unique strengths and weaknesses, and as a result success never seems like an inevitability. I can't highly recommend this enough but seeing that this book is voted as one of the top 10 books published by Gollancz in its fifty years of publishing more than speaks for itself. beware writing too much inside, the font is very small, but overall a great gift with a lot of sentiment behind it. A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected "family" of orphans--a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards.Locke, with his exceptional skills in scheming and plotting makes for a fitting leader after the departure of Father Chains.

Slightly built, unlucky in love, and barely competent with a sword, Locke Lamora is, much to his annoyance, the fabled Thorn. Signed, numbered out of 250 copies and pre-publication dated "September 22, 2013" by Scott Lynch to a limitation page. Many things were mentioned that had little relevance and really didn't add anything, which made it unnecessarily hard going sometimes. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by all these information, I was mesmerised throughout by how natural and how well suited they are to the story.