{"product_id":"the-crying-of-lot-49-9780060913076","title":"The Crying of Lot 49","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e's Great American Novels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force.\" -- \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Examiner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Crying of Lot 49\u003c\/em\u003e is Thomas Pynchon's highly original classic satire of modern America, about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in what would appear to be an international conspiracy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePynchon, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eThomas Pynchon was born in 1937. His books include \u003cem\u003eV\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVineland\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMason \u0026amp; Dixon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAgainst the Day\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInherent Vice\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBleeding Edge\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591328993554,"sku":"9780060913076","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bbbf028f-3236-4800-96bf-c208d5fe9cc6.jpg?v=1737079641","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-crying-of-lot-49-9780060913076","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}