A damned awesome book! 1 part caper story, 1 part revenge tale, 1 part fantasy... it's pretty friggin great. I was laughing out loud on a few occasions, and even once, got teary eyed during this novel. 
 real quick, it's about Locke Lamora, the leader of a small band of 'Gentlemen Bastards' that run elaborate cons on the gentry of the great city. Over the course of the novel, he hints of the great and wondrous past and the greatness of the ages long ago are immensely interesting. Locke and all the horrid things he and his follow 'bastards' get into seems to only get worse and worse as the story goes along. 
 Maybe my favorite book so far in 2013... Amazing.