The Lies of Locke Lamora

Scott Lynch's debut novel serves as damn fine entertainment.

 The Lies of Locke Lamora tells the story of Locke(who does bare some resemblance to the character Locke in the video game Final Fantasy 6).  We meet Locke as a youngster, he's a born thief and gets himself into a great deal of trouble.  He's eventually sold to a fellow by the name of Father Chains, where he and few other boys serve as apprentices.

 Soon the story moves to Locke's adult life, he has a crew now, and they are out to deprive the wealthy members of the city of their excess coin.  The crew ends up getting themself into serious trouble soon enough.

Lynch comes up with lots of clever pranks and scenarios, sometimes serious, sometimes funny, this is a pretty terrific novel, especially for a first time one.

9.1/10