| Lexicon Contributor(s): Barry, Max (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143125427 ISBN-13: 9780143125426 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure - Fiction | Thrillers - Supernatural - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.45" W x 8.5" (0.69 lbs) 416 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 168034 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 . . . |