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Thomas Pynchon's classic post-modern satire, which tells the wonderfully unusual story of Oedipa Maas, first published in 1965. When her ex-lover, wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity dies and designates her the co-executor of his estate, California housewife Oedipa Mass is thrust into a paranoid mystery of metaphors, symbols, and the United States Postal Service. Traveling across Southern California, she meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not-inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge.
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The Crying of Lot 49, Thomas Pynchon
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- The Crying of Lot 49
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Thomas Pynchon
- Publisher
- PERENNIAL
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- ISBN13
- 9780062334411
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, USA, American Literature, Novellas, Conspiracy, Surrealism, Symbolism, Postmodern literature, Decadence, Paranoia
- First published
- 1966
- Original title
- The Crying of Lot 49
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Thomas Pynchon's classic post-modern satire, which tells the wonderfully unusual story of Oedipa Maas, first published in 1965. When her ex-lover, wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity dies and designates her the co-executor of his estate, California housewife Oedipa Mass is thrust into a paranoid mystery of metaphors, symbols, and the United States Postal Service. Traveling across Southern California, she meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not-inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge.