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The Crying of Lot 49

By Thomas Pynchon
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The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon is a sharply satirical exploration of modern America, following Oedipa Maas, a California housewife who becomes coexecutor of her late ex-lover's estate. Thrust into a labyrinthine mystery involving cryptic symbols, metaphors, and the U.S. Postal Service, Oedipa embarks on a quest across Southern California that uncovers a possible international conspiracy and reveals unexpected insights about herself.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Originally published: Philadelphia, Pa.: J.B. Lippincott, 1965.

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One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels

"A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force." -- San Francisco Examiner

The Crying of Lot 49 is Thomas Pynchon's highly original classic satire of modern America, about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in what would appear to be an international conspiracy.

When her ex-lover, wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity, dies and designates her the coexecutor of his estate, California housewife Oedipa Maas 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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ISBN: 9780060913076

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2006

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperPerennial

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 183

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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 & Dixon, Against the Day, Inherent Vice, Bleeding Edge, and Shadow Ticket. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.

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