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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Lexicon
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'Two years ago, something terrible was unleashed in an Australian mining town called Broken Hill. Thousands died. Few people know what really happened. Emily Ruff is one of them. She belongs to an elite organisation of 'poets': masters of manipulation who use language to warp others to their will. She was one of their most promising recruits until she made a catastrophic mistake: she fell in love. Wil Parke knows the truth too, only he doesn't remember it. And he doesn't know why he's immune to the poets' powers. But he knows he needs to run. As their stories converge, the past is revealed, and the race is on for a deadly weapon: a word. Because the poets know that words can kill...' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Hachette ,
      2013 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 400p.
      ISBN: 1444764675, 9781444764673
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Penguin Books ,
      2014 .
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      Extent: 400p.
      Edition info: Reprint edition
      Note/s:
      • Published April 1, 2014

      ISBN: 9780143125426
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Wilhelm Heyne ,
      2014 .
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      Extent: 464p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 2014

      ISBN: 9783641122928

Works about this Work

Book Review : Lexicon by Max Barry Mysti Parker , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: SQ Mag , 30 April no. 14 2014;

— Review of Lexicon Max Barry , 2013 single work novel
Words Lose Their Meaning Drew Turney , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 January 2014; (p. 6-7)
Review : Lexicon Leslie Lightfoot , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2013; (p. 41)

— Review of Lexicon Max Barry , 2013 single work novel
Small Publishers Make Big Deal of Books That Slipped Under the Radar Top Books You've Probably Never Read Linda Morris , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 December 2013; (p. 13) The Age , 14 December 2013; (p. 3)
Well Read Patrick Allington , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 July 2013; (p. 22)

— Review of Lexicon Max Barry , 2013 single work novel
[Untitled] Angela Meyer , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 21)

— Review of Lexicon Max Barry , 2013 single work novel
Poets' Power Drawn From Popular Culture Ed Wright , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 July 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of Lexicon Max Barry , 2013 single work novel
Irresistible Persuasion of Words Creates Crash of Permanent Crescendo Anson Cameron , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 August 2013; (p. 30-31) The Saturday Age , 24 August 2013; (p. 25) The Canberra Times , 24 August 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of Lexicon Max Barry , 2013 single work novel
Well Read Patrick Allington , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 July 2013; (p. 22)

— Review of Lexicon Max Barry , 2013 single work novel
Review : Lexicon Leslie Lightfoot , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2013; (p. 41)

— Review of Lexicon Max Barry , 2013 single work novel
Words as Weapons Angela Meyer , 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 25)
Small Publishers Make Big Deal of Books That Slipped Under the Radar Top Books You've Probably Never Read Linda Morris , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 December 2013; (p. 13) The Age , 14 December 2013; (p. 3)
Words Lose Their Meaning Drew Turney , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 January 2014; (p. 6-7)
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