Lexicon A Novel

Name: Lexicon A Novel
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ISBN: 9780143125426

ISBN-10: 0143125427

ISBN-13: 9780143125426

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Authors: Max Barry

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The words brilliant and exemplary aren’t adequate enough to convey the amazing craft of Lexicon.” The Associated PressFew books are greeted with rave reviews everywhere from Time magazine and Salon to Boingboing and io9. Yet, Max Barry’s Lexicon is that rare thing: a thriller as high-octane as they come, driven by a brilliant and original plot that connects very modern questions of privacy and data collection to centuries-old ideas about the power of language.At an exclusive training school at an undisclosed location outside Washington, D.C., students are taught to control minds, to wield words as weapons. The very best graduate as poets” and enter a nameless organization of unknown…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Max Barry is the author of four previous novels, including New York Times Notable Book Jennifer Government and Syrup, soon to be a major film. He is also the creator of the internet mini-phenomenon NationStates, an online political simulation game. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and two daughters. He is a cat person.Visit Max Barry's website at maxbarry.com, find him at facebook.com/maxbarry or follow him on twitter.com/maxbarry.