Lexicon
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Max Barry
"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 WoolStick 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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Author
Max Barry
Pages
400
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2013-06-18
ISBN
1101604905 9781101604908
Ratings
Google: 4
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"Lexicon is amazing 🤩 #science_fiction #action_and_adventure #supernatural #thrillers "

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""Abra cadabra" has been worn out, but modern day linguistic wizards still can warp and twist words to manipulate the uninitiated at will. At least, that's the central conceit of "Lexicon" by Max Barry. He invites us to imagine a sort of Hogwarts for extreme persuasion - where children are painstakingly selected and unmercifully weeded out over a multi-year course of study ranging from linguistics and philosophy to the latest in neurophysiology. The goal? Generate an army of ultra-persuaders working for a shadowy and powerful international institution. What could possibly go wrong? Oh right, everything."