The Crying of Lot 49: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
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| Management number | 231638237 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$90.00 | Model Number | 231638237 | ||
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One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels“A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force.” — San Francisco ExaminerThe 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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 006091307X |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0060913076 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harper Perennial Modern Classics |
| Dimensions | 5.31 x 0.36 x 8 inches |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Print length | 160 pages |
| Publication date | January 22, 1986 |
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