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Lexicon: A Novel
by Max Barry

Published: 2014-04-01
Paperback : 400 pages
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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.
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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 . . . 


“Best thing I've read in a long time . . . a masterpiece.” —Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of Wool

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Are there really different personalities that can be manipulated based on the way you say things to them?
by arcgrafx (see profile) 05/18/15

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  "Thrilling play on words"by Janet D. (see profile) 05/18/15

This book was an interesting twist on a thriller mystery. Using words and sounds to manipulate people were a bit fantasy at first to believe. But, the story was so compelling that I found myself unable... (read more)

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