The Crying of Lot 49
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On Sale:
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26/10/2006
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Formats:
Trade paperback
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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.
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Critical Praise for
The Crying of Lot 49
“The comedy crackles, the puns pop, the satire explodes.”
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New York Times
“A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force with a strongly European flavor.”
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San Francisco Examiner
“The work of a virtuoso with prose.intricate symbolic order [is] akin to that of Joyce’s Ulysses.”
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Chicago Tribune
"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."
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Library Journal
"The comedy crackles, the puns pop the satire explodes."
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New York Times
"The work of a virtuoso with prose. . . . His intricate symbolic order is akin to that of Joyce's Ulysses."
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Chicago Tribune
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