"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.
| ISBN: | 9780062334411 |
| Publication date: | 22nd April 2014 |
| Author: | N T Wright |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Classic fiction: general and literary Action Adventure Sagas Satirical fiction and parodies Narrative theme: Coming of age Narrative theme: Interior life Narrative theme: Politics Narrative theme: Sense of place |