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Genre

What it is about

  • Gangsters
  • Orphans
  • Brigands and robbers
  • Outlaws
  • Swindlers and swindling

Kind of book

  • Novel

Came out

  • 2000s

Ages

  • Adult

About this book

Locke Lamora, the thief known as the Thorn of Camorr, relies on wit and cunning rather than skill with a sword. (condensed from its Library of Congress summary) It is book 1 of the Gentleman Bastard Sequence series and listed for an audience of adults.

Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata

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About Scott Lynch

Born
Born in 1978; Wikidata lists Saint Paul, United States, as the place of birth. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors
Scott Lynch received the Imaginales award for best foreign-language novel in 2008, for Red Seas Under Red Skies. Source: Wikidata, citing imaginales.fr, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors
Scott Lynch received the Imaginales award for best foreign-language novel in 2008. Source: Wikidata, citing imaginales.fr, checked November 6, 2026.

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