First published 2006
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