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“The Crying of Lot 49” by Thomas Pynchon
“The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge.”
Taken from Amazon.
See also:
http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/18/reviews/pynchon-lot49.html
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/lot49/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crying_of_Lot_49
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The crying of lot 49 / Thomas Pynchon. — London: Vintage books, 2000. — 126 p. ; 20cm
ISBN 978-0-099-53261-3
PS3566.Y55 C79 2000
R. 97464