# Lexicon - Paperback

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by **Max Barry** (Author)

**"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 Wool_**

_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 . . .

### Author Biography

**Max Barry** is the author of four previous novels, _Syrup_, _Jennifer Government_, _Company_, and _Machine Man_. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.

**Number of Pages:** 416

**Dimensions:** 0.85 x 8.5 x 5.45 IN

**Publication Date:** April 01, 2014

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Lexicon

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 4.4

**Point Value:** 16

## Details

- **Price:** 25.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Action & Adventure, Books, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Price Written on Book, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Thrillers, Women Sleuths

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