The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006) by Scott Lynch Genres : Fantasy, Fiction, 2022-read, awesome-read, thieves, masquerades, disguises. Rating 5/5 Masterful. Simply awesome. In this 2006 novel which forms the first part of the franchise 'Gentlemen Bastards' by American author Scott Lynch, we meet Locke Lamora - the master of disguises and play acting - and his band of thieves. I just loved the archaic style of prose - I overlooked a few occasional jabs of crudity and crassness which were lobbed off as humor/wit. The imaginary world on which the city of Camorr is situated is extremely well constructed/developed - some material and character inventions of the author are Elderglass, Wraithstone, Bondsmagi the sorcerers, black alchemists and physikers who are like doctors, dog-leeches like street physicians. The characters are solidly defined - even the smaller ones that appear only in one or two scenes have a lot of depth and their actions are very much in lieu of wha