The Crying of Lot 49
by Thomas Pynchon
Buy on AmazonI was shocked by how accessible and funny it is, and how devilishly it subverts my favorite genre of fiction, the detective novel.
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The Atlantic's The Great American Novels · theatlantic.com
"I was shocked by how accessible and funny it is, and how devilishly it subverts my favorite genre of fiction, the detective novel."
By the Book: David Grann · nytimes.com