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The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon (1966)

SubgenreSoft SF / Social SF
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
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Oedipa Maas, executor of the will of Pierce Inverarity, journeys through a bizarre underground of secret societies, jazz clubs, beatniks, and her own psyche. Readers accustomed to postmodern literature will revel in Pynchon's second novel.