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The Crying of Lot 49
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The Crying of Lot 49
Oedipa Maas, recent heiress, enquires into the nature of her inheritance- trying to understand her own life and the motivation of her dead lover, she is led on am ambiguous trail of clues. The moment of revelation hovers on the horizon like a mirage. Pynchon's shortest novel, and one of his best.
A witty, chaotic and brilliant novel from the incomparable Thomas Pynchon.
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A witty, chaotic and brilliant novel from the incomparable Thomas Pynchon.
By far the shortest of Pynchon's great, dazzling novels - and one of the best.
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humour, The Crying of Lot 49 opens as Oedipa Maas discovers that she has been made executrix of a former lover's estate. The performance of her duties sets her on a strange trail of detection, in which bizarre characters crowd in to help or confuse her. But gradually, death, drugs, madness and marriage combine to leave Oedipa in isolation on the threshold of revelation, awaiting the crying of lot 49.
Engineered like a rocket - Ned Beauman, Independent
The best book to start with - Guardian
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The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon is praised for its distinctively comic and defiantly outrageous narrative, serving as an excellent introduction to Pynchon's work. Critics highlight its profound exploration of metaphors related to revelation and connection. The novel is recognised for blending sadness, terror, and love in its depiction of America, featuring intense and elegiac writing reminiscent of Fitzgerald, and is celebrated for its originality and intellectual depth.
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ISBN: 9780099532613
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 June 1996
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 120g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Thomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, a collection of short stories, Vineland, Mason and Dixon and, most recently, Against the Day. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.
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