The Crying of Lot 49

Name: The Crying of Lot 49
Author: Thomas Pynchon
ISBN: 9780060913076

by Thomas Pynchon

I 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