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,...
"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...
"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...
One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels "The comedy crackles, the puns pop, the satire explodes."--New York Times Thomas Pynchon's highly original, postmodernist classic, a satire of American life about a woman who...
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.
"The comedy crackles, the puns pop, the satire explodes."--New York Times Thomas Pynchon's highly original, postmodernist classic, a satire of American life about a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a seeming international conspiracy. When...
The Crying of Lot 49 is the classic novel of conspiracy and self-knowledge by the legendary Thomas Pynchon, now available in an Olive Edition--a lower-priced small format edition with a hip and beautiful package design. The Crying of Lot 49 is the story of Oedipa Maas, a woman...
By far the shortest of Pynchon's great, dazzling novels - and one of the best.
One day, Mrs. Edipa Maas finds out that she has been named executor of an immense fortune by her former lover Pierce, a Californian millionaire. A series of amazing coincidences will put her on the trail of a delirious mystery in which outlandish characters such as her husband...
"The comedy crackles, the puns pop, the satire explodes."--New York Times Thomas Pynchon's highly original, postmodernist classic, a satire of American life about a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a seeming international conspiracy. When...