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Lexicon by Max Barry
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Lexicon

A Novel

Penguin Publishing Group · 2014-04-01

Lexicon: A Novel

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Science Fiction & Fantasy/Science Fiction/Crime & Mystery
  • Good for readers interested in book club
  • Best for readers who want plot momentum and suspense.

What You Get

  • Themes: Science, Mystery, Book Club.
  • Reading lane: Science Fiction.
  • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group.

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What we read

  • Science Fiction & Fantasy/Science Fiction/Crime & Mystery

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  • Science Fiction & Fantasy/Science Fiction/Genetic Engineering

    78%
  • Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure

    78%

About This Book

"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. T...

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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. 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 . . .

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