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The Crying of Lot 49 - (Perennial Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (Paperback)

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One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels"A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force.
Author(s): Thomas Pynchon
160 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
Series Name: Perennial Classics

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About the Book

Originally published: Philadelphia, Pa.: J.B. Lippincott, 1965.

Book Synopsis

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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The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self knowledge.

Review Quotes

"[A] spectacular tale. . . . The work of a virtuoso with prose. . . . His intricate symbolic order is akin to that of Joyce's Ulysses." - Chicago Tribune

"The comedy crackles, the puns pop, the satire explodes." - New York Times

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

"Pynchon is again whispering something in our ear about the meaning of coincidence, the possibility of recurrence in history, and the circularity of time. . . . . The Crying of Lot 49 is one of those mystery novels that can't be solved." - New York Review of Books

"Remarkable. . . . The Crying of Lot 49 resembles metaphysical poetry in the range of its allusions and the curiosity of its creator. Consequently, the book is always surprising." - Washington Post

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)

Weight: .29 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 160

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Literary

Series Title: Perennial Classics

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Format: Paperback

Author: Thomas Pynchon

Language: English

Street Date: October 1, 2006

TCIN: 11394491

UPC: 9780060913076

Item Number (DPCI): 248-01-4681

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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