The Crying of Lot 49

By Thomas Pynchon
(Harper Perennial Modern Classics, Paperback, 9780060913076, 160pp.)

Publication Date: January 22, 1986

Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (October 15, 2009), Prebound (October 2006), Paperback (April 1999), Library Binding (November 1997), Hardcover (December 1991)

Categories: Classics

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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.




About the Author

Thomas Pynchon was born in 1937. His books include The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon.

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