The Crying of Lot 49

by Thomas Pynchon

First published 7200

Oedipa Maas is the executor of her former lover's will. As she navigates the maze of his estate, she uncovers a mysterious underground network that may or may not be real. Plunged into a paranoid fever dream, Oedipa must separate fact from fiction to uncover the truth - if there is one. In the process, she confronts the limits of her own perception and the fragility of identity itself.

Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, mystery

Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: paranoia, unreliable-narrator

Setting: California

Period: 20th-century

138 pages · Paperback · Bantam Books

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