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The crying of lot 49

Pynchon, Thomas2000
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This is a satire about Oedipa Maas, a recent heiress, who enquires into the nature of her inheritance: trying to understand her own life and the motivation of her dead lover, she is led on am ambiguous trail of clues. The moment of revelation hovers on the horizon like a mirage. Pynchon's shortest novel, and one of his best.
Main title:
The crying of lot 49 / Thomas Pynchon.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2000.©1966
Collation:
127 pages ; 21 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
"A portion of this novel was first published in Esquire magazine under the title: The world (this one), the flesh (Mrs. Oedipa Maas), and the testament of Pierce Inverarity. Another portion has appeared in Cavalier" -- title page verso.Originally published: 1966.
ISBN:
97800995326139780060913076006091307X (pbk)9780099532613 (paperback)
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
BRN:
109129
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