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Original Essays | September 23, 2009

Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe

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The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Classics)

by Thomas Pynchon

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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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"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." Library Journal

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"A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force with a strongly European flavor." San Francisco Examiner

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"The work of a virtuoso with prose...akin to that of Joyce's Ulysses." Chicago Tribune

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"The comedy crackles, the puns pop the satire explodes." New York Times
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About the Author

Thomas Pynchon was born in 1937. His books include The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon.
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ISBN:
9780060931674
Author:
Pynchon, Thomas
Publisher:
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Location:
New York
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Married women
Subject:
Administration of estates
Edition Description:
1st Perennial Classics ed.
Series:
Perennial Classics
Series Volume:
v. 1600
Publication Date:
19990401
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
7.96x5.25x.35 in. .30 lbs.
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