Lexicon
A Novel
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · April 1, 2014
"About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell.
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- Who it’s for
- A mystery that makes language itself feel dangerous, and curiosity hard to put down.
- Themes
- Words as lethal power, Mysterious recruitment, Pursuit and missing memories
- Pacing
- Fast
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"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.
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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 . . .
Words With Teeth
A mystery that makes language itself feel dangerous, and curiosity hard to put down.
Come here for
- Suspense centered on the peril of words
- A layered mystery with memory at its edges
Expect
- A word said to kill—and a reason it matters
- Two stories of recruitment and pursuit
Where it sits
| Dystopian | 59% |
|---|---|
| Cyberpunk | 31% |
| Tech Thrillers | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women Detectives
- Sci-Fi Adventure
- Supernatural Thrillers
- Authors
- Max Barry
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- April 1, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Words as lethal power · Mysterious recruitment · Pursuit and missing memories
- Reading lane
- Women Detectives