The Bodhisattva

Hell yes. I just announced the winner of one copy, and now we have another copy signed by Lynch for one more lucky person as the prize in the second of our announced July contests. In case you forgot:\par
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“Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser would have felt right at home with the Gentleman Bastards. They’re not out to save the world, just their own skins… oh, and to relieve some nobles of their gold, jewels, and silks along the way. This is a fresh, original, and engrossing tale by a bright new voice! in the fantasy genre. Locke Lamora makes for an engaging rogue, and Camorr a fascinating and gorgeously realized setting, a city to rival Lankhmar, Amber, and Viriconium. I look forward to returning there for many more visits.” - George R.R. Martin\par
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‘Somewhere off-stage and west of Othello and The Merchant of Venice, Scott Lynch has built a quirky, high octane fantasy caper around a refreshingly original hero and his not-quite-Venetian city of Camorr. Here there are titled nobles, elaborate schemes, multiple disguises and horrible fates enough for any piece of Shakespeare, but all laid out in a finely imagined otherworld and told at the narrative pace and pitch of Pirates of the Caribbean. A great, swashbuckling yarn of a novel.” - Richard Morgan \par
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‘Scott Lynch is a con man, a conjuror, a wickedly entertaining juggler of words with knives up his sleeves and hatchets down his back. By this time you realize he’s dangerous, you’re already bleeding. THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA is a ticket inside the astonishing city-state Camorr, and a free pass into the company of the entirely extraordinary Gentleman Bastards, and a match for any fantasy adventure I’ve ever read. The best news is: it’s Book One. That means there’ll be more.’ - Matthew Stover \par
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‘The picaresque tale is not dead. It lives again-to my great delight-in Scott Lynch’s wickedly enjoyable debut novel. Follow Locke the thief and his fellow Gentlemen Bastards through an outrageously ingenious and Byzantine plot, which has more twists and turns than the minotaur’s labyrinth. The Lies of Locke Lamora is dark, complex and utterly compelling.’ - Sarah Ash

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Here were my own thoughts last year:\par
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“Young Locke, \’e2\’80\’98The Thorn of Camor\’e2\’80\’99 is a unlikely combination of Arsene Lupin and Jack Dawkins, in a Dickensian setting that still has illuminating remnants that belies its previous alien origins. What struck me most is Lynch\’e2\’80\’99s ability to depict a wide amount of emotional atmosphere. Most books I have preferred as of late set a single - and often times brilliant \’e2\’80\rdblquote emotional and atmospheric tone, but Lynch delivers from tones one would think to find in a 18th century romantic locale to scenes that make me think of the movie PayBack, and does so seamlessly. Humor, remorse, vengeance, mischievousness, loyalty, deceit, bravery, love - Lynch serves it all with grace and wit.” - Me (as noted here)

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My full review can be read here, and be sure to check out the interview I conducted with Scott last month.\par
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Go and ENTER THE CONTEST - and good luck to all participants, and special thanks to Scott Lynch and Bantam Spectra. \par
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