The Crying of Lot 49

Synopsis

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.