Lexicon

By Max Barry

Book Overview

"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 . . .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143125427
• ISBN13: 9780143125426
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Intelligent, Intense and Thrilling

This book was amazing! It drew me in and always made it so hard to put it down. By the time I reached the end I was honestly really sad it was over. This book has so many unexpected twists and turns that keep you guessing until the end, but the story is so well constructed that now even though I know what happens, I would absolutely read it again.