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BARRY,MAX

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Author
BARRY,MAX
Publish Date
04/01/2014
Book Type
paperback
Publisher Name
PENGUIN
Subtitle
A Novel
Number of Pages
416
Edition
Reprint
ISBN-10
0143125427
ISBN-13
9780143125426
citemno
272552
SKU
9780143125426

Description

"About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell. Lexicon reads like Elmore Leonard high out of his mind on Snow Crash." —Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians and The Magician King

“Best thing I've read in a long time . . . a masterpiece.” —Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of Wool

Stick and stones break bones. Words kill.

They recruited Emily Ruff from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words.

They'll live to regret it.

They said Wil Parke survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember.

Now they're after him and he doesn't know why.

There's a word, they say. A word that kills.

And they want it back . . .