The Crying of Lot 49 - (Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions) by Thomas Pynchon (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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."--P. [4] of cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>"A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force." -- <em>San Francisco Examiner</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>The Crying of Lot 49</em> 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.</strong></p><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><em>The Crying of Lot 49</em> is Thomas Pynchon's classic satire of modern America, about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in what would appear to be an international conspiracy.</p><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force with a strongly European flavor."--<strong><em>San Francisco Examiner</em></strong><br><br>"The comedy crackles, the puns pop, the satire explodes."--<strong><em>New York Times</em></strong><br><br>Mr. Pynchon's satirical eye doesn't miss a thing, including rock n' roll singers right wing extremists, and the general subculture of Southern California.--<strong><em>Library Journal</em></strong><br><br>The work of a virtuoso with prose. . . . His intricate symbolic order is akin to that of Joyce's Ulysses.--<strong><em>Chicago Tribune</em></strong><br>
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