#67 in Fantasy
The Lies of Locke Lamora
- 544
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Lies of Locke Lamora” tells a heist story with a sharp tongue: the banter among its con artists has real wit, and the city of Camorr, a darker cousin of Venice, is a pleasure to prowl. Alternate chapters return to the crew’s past, which deepens the characters, though some readers find it breaks the tension at its height. Those who settle into the rhythm are rewarded with a gripping final third.
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About the book
The Lies of Locke Lamora is a 2006 fantasy novel by American writer Scott Lynch, the first book of the Gentleman Bastard series. Elite con artists calling themselves the "Gentleman Bastards" rob the rich of the city of Camorr, based on late medieval Venice but on an unnamed world. Two stories interweave: in the present, the Gentleman Bastards fight a mysterious Grey King taking over the criminal underworld; alternate chapters describe the history of Camorr and the Gentleman Bastards, in particular Locke Lamora.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.7 across 1,930 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 93% of the weight and the score stays at 8.6 — the Fantasy average of 8.0 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 85 | 4% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 29 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 8.7 | 1.8K | 94% |
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How long is The Lies of Locke Lamora?
It has 544 pages — longer than 52% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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