The Lies of Locke Lamora - The Gentleman Bastard Sequence Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Overall (2006) and the causal-historical theory

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The Lies of Locke Lamora - The Gentleman Bastard Sequence Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Overall (2006) and the causal-historical theoryThey say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat anyone in a fight. They say he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. They say he's part man, part myth, and mostly street corner rumor. And they are wrong on every count. Only averagely tall, slender, and god awful with a sword, Locke Lamora is the fabled Thorn, and the greatest weapons at his disposal are his wit and cunning. He steals from the rich they're the only ones worth stealing from but the