| The Crying of Lot 49 Contributor(s): Pynchon, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062334417 ISBN-13: 9780062334411 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| Lexile Measure: 1060 |
| Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.2" (0.35 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pynchon, Thomas: - Thomas Pynchon was born in 1937. His books include V, Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, Mason & Dixon, Against the Day, Inherent Vice, and Bleeding Edge. |