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Lexicon Author: Max Barry

ISBN: 9780143125426 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 390 Published: 1 April 2014 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 13.8 x 2.2 Description: The words brilliant and exemplary aren't adequate enough to convey the amazing craft of Lexicon." The Associated Press

Few books are greeted with rave reviews everywhere from Time magazine and Salon to Boingboing and io9. Yet, Max Barry's Lexicon is that rare thing: a thriller as high-octane as they come, driven by a brilliant and original plot that connects very modern questions of privacy and data collection to centuries-old ideas about the power of language.

At an exclusive training school at an undisclosed location outside Washington, D.C., students are taught to control minds, to wield words as weapons. The very best graduate as poets" and enter a nameless organization of unknown purpose. Recruited off the street, whip-smart Emily Ruff quickly learns the one key rule: never allow another person to truly know you. Emily becomes the school's most talented prodigy, until she makes the catastrophic mistake of falling in love.

About the Author

Max Barry (1973-) is the author of five novels, including "Lex...

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