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The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
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The Crying of Lot 49 (original 1966; edition 1999)

by Thomas Pynchon

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The original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some interesting characters and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge.
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Title:The Crying of Lot 49
Authors:Thomas Pynchon
Info:Harper Perennial Modern Classics (1999), Paperback
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Rating:****
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The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (1966)

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 Someone explain it to me...: The Crying of Lot 492 unread / 2MarthaJeanne, March 2017

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1 vote Tgoldhush | Dec 26, 2024 |
First booktube spin book (#5) and what a weird one to kick off with. Frustrating first half. Was glad to be done by the end. ( )
  dreamsindisco | Nov 20, 2024 |
OK... so this was my third read of this. From the names of some of the characters, or the situations faced by the central figure, or the supposed historical background that is delved into... each time through there's something new that pops out at me that is either literary genius or unsubstantiated madness.
Lifting my original 4* rating to a 5*

Second time reading this. I think I understood it better this time around. ( )
  Craig_Evans | Nov 20, 2024 |
strange book. it seemed everyone in it was a little crazy.... ( )
  Trisha_Thomas | Nov 13, 2024 |
What an odd book--and not in a good way! Oedipa Maas is the main character which the reader follows as she discovers a mysterious underground postal system. Odd names that I'm sure mean more than I can get out of them: Stanley Koteks, Genghis Cohen, and Dr Hilarius, just to name a few. I almost gave up several times, but it's a relatively short read at 194 pages. It's described as comedy and satire, but I find it the theater of the absurd ( )
  Tess_W | Oct 17, 2024 |
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To manage a will,
Oedipa follows the horn,
while Trystero waits.
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