![]() ![]() Locke becomes swept up into an apprenticeship of sorts in the priesthood of the ‘Nameless Thirteenth’, the god of thieves. The story follows Locke Lamora, an orphan who has been making a living picking pockets on the streets of unforgiving Camorr – a fantasy city with faint echoes of renaissance Venice. This novel is 530 pages of intrigue, crime, brotherhood and, shattered hopes. Not just because you are all that I have left.’ I would rather be dead myself than lose you. ![]() ‘Jean’ said Locke, ‘you are a greater friend than I ever could have imagined before I met you I owe you my life too many times over to count. ![]() What I love most is Lynch’s special blend of dark humour, frequent violence, foul language, complex world building, and ability to create characters that feel like family before the book is done. Before my re-read the characters still burned brightly in my memory even though it had been 8 years since I first met them. The first book in the Gentleman Bastard Sequence has always held a special place in my heart. The Lies of Locke Lamora is ‘locked’ into place as one of my all-time favourite fantasy novels after my reread in March 2016. ![]()
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