# The Crying of Lot 49 - Paperback

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by **Thomas Pynchon** (Author)

**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, 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.

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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.

**Number of Pages:** 160

**Dimensions:** 0.4 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN

**Publication Date:** October 01, 2006

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