num_pages: 722
description: Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.In this stunning debut, Scott Lynch delivers the thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his tightly knit band of tricksters. Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure, loyalty, and survival that is one part "Robin Hood," one part Ocean's Eleven, and entirely enthralling....An orphan's life is harsh--and often short--in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentleman Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld's most feared ruler. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly.Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game--or die trying....
language: English
title: The Lies of Locke Lamora
titlecomplete: The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
characters: Calo Sanza, Jean Tannen, Galdo Sanza, Locke Lamora, Bertilion "Bug" Gadek, Father Chains
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Crime, Epic Fantasy, Audiobook, Adult, Adventure, Fantasy, High Fantasy
ratings_count: 284074
places: Camorr
series: Gentleman Bastard
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel and Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Compton Crook Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman étranger, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Tähtifantasia Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Bantam Spectra