The Crying of Lot 49
Author: Pynchon, Thomas
ISBN: 9780099532613
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 1996
Pages: 160
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 11mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A witty, chaotic and brilliant novel from the incomparable Thomas Pynchon.
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humour, The Crying of Lot 49 opens as Oedipa Maas discovers that she haas been made executrix of a former lover's estate. The performance of her duties sets her on a strange trail of detection, in which bizarre characters crowd in to help or confuse her. But gradually, death, drugs, madness and marriage combine to leave Oepida in isolation on the threshold of revelation, awaiting The Crying of Lot 49.
One of Pynchon's shortest novels and one of his best.
ISBN: 9780099532613
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 1996
Pages: 160
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 11mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A witty, chaotic and brilliant novel from the incomparable Thomas Pynchon.
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humour, The Crying of Lot 49 opens as Oedipa Maas discovers that she haas been made executrix of a former lover's estate. The performance of her duties sets her on a strange trail of detection, in which bizarre characters crowd in to help or confuse her. But gradually, death, drugs, madness and marriage combine to leave Oepida in isolation on the threshold of revelation, awaiting The Crying of Lot 49.
One of Pynchon's shortest novels and one of his best.
