The Crying of Lot 49

The Crying of Lot 49

1965 • 288 pages

Ratings136

Average rating3.8

15

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. Traveling across Southern California, she meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge.

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But by then it was too late to make any difference.

January 18, 2022

There are some wonderful, hilarious scenes in this book and some satisfyingly alienated descriptions of the Californian landscape. Overall, though, I didn't get into it enough for the fourth star. (I can't just give everything 4 stars.)

March 1, 2007
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