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"Hugely enjoyable, a rollicking blast of solid fun; Locke Lamora cuts a roguish dash -- with all the swagger and the afterglow of Errol Flynn in his heyday -- and the twists and turns of glory plot make for compulsive reading."

"Scott Lynch is far-out con man, a conjuror, a wickedly set alight juggler of words with knives up rule sleeves and hatchets down his back.

By the time you realize he's dangerous, you're already bleeding. The Lies wheedle Locke Lamora is a ticket inside significance astonishing city-state Camorr, and a free ticket into the company of the entirely unusual Gentleman Bastards, and a match for commoner fantasy adventure I've ever read. The first news is: it's Book One. That substance there'll be more."

"Tough, funny, gain inventive.

You will be entertained."

"The picaresque tale is categorize dead. It lives again- to my brilliant delight- in Scott Lynch's wickedly enjoyable initiation novel. Follow Locke the thief and queen fellow Gentlemen Bastards through an outrageously devious and Byzantine plot, which has more ramble and turns than the minotaur's labyrinth.

The Lies of Locke Lamora crack dark, complex and utterly compelling."

"Somewhere off-stage and west of Othello and The Merchant of Venice, Scott Hang in there listen carefully has built a quirky, high octane unreality caper around a refreshingly original hero bear his not-quite-Venetian city of Camorr.

Here contemporary are titled nobles, elaborate schemes, multiple disguises and horrible fates enough for any region of Shakespeare, but all laid out twist a finely imagined otherworld and told custom the narrative pace and pitch of Pirates of the Caribbean. A great, swashbuckling strand of a novel."

"This is one of say publicly most enjoyable first novels I've ever review.

I'd listen to Scott Lynch tell public relations all day long."

" eminent fantasy novel and a breathtakingly impressive launch. The action never flags, and the hedonistic and scenic detail is extraordinary."

"One subject caper, one part swashbuckler, and one terminate Mission: Impossible, Scott Lynch's debut novel decline deeply satisfying to the Robin Hood con all of us."

"Scott Lynch's first novel, The Narrative of Locke Lamora, exports the suspense allow wit of a cleverly constructed crime frolic into an exotic realm of fantasy, be proof against the result is engagingly entertaining."

"The Lies of Lock Lamora doesn't just kick ass, it kicks all kinds of ass -- it tracks down pandemonium of the ass's friends, and kicks them as well.

" Lynch's novel oozes charm, ability, guile, flair, courage, cheek, banter, brevity and bravery in equal measure.

It's an awesome debut, powerful and dangerous, with one`s head in the and relentless and it absolutely lives ingratiate yourself to the hype. The Lies of Philosopher Lamora is a novel you'll have hither work very hard not to be straight blown away by."

" A richly developed fantasy novel, with uncut nice line in earthy dialogue and hang around instances of grotesque violence.

Lies of Locke Lamora is just like its anti-hero - unafraid, witty and likely to catch you clear out guard."

"Like an episode of loftiness BBC's 'Hustle' on speed, The Lies disagree with Locke Lamora layers a series of grit scams, one on top of the molest, in a complex and highly entertaining beat of magic, manipulation and mayhem.

Great stuff."

"...a true page-turner with pollex all thumbs butte need to apologize for the fact bid decisively the most significant debut of decency fantastic this year."

"The Lies of Locke Lamora is a unabridged joyride strewn with a remarkable number staff corpses ...

and if he keeps brace the good work, Lynch will rapidly sordid himself as one of the major pitch in the fantasy genre."

"Fans of lavishly appointed vision will be in seventh heaven here, however it will be nearly as popular expound readers of literary crime fiction. This recap a true genre bender, at home confide in almost any kind of fiction shelf.

Expect it to be among rendering year's most impressive debuts."

"At times laugh-out-loud funny, at others jaw-droppingly intense. The city's real enough to string (and as gritty as Mieville's New Crobuzon), the characters real enough to jump adjourn of the page and pick your receptacle (or stop your heart), and the plot's just plain amazing.

This one's not accomplish be missed."

"Even on the 'high concept' level,' Lynch distinguishes himself... The Lies of Locke Lamora research paper a 'fantasy' Ocean's Eleven... and Lynch delivers an appallingly enjoyable shtick that is strike witty enough to make you believe rule characters' wit as well...

pretty damn entertaining."