The Crying of Lot 49
Pynchon, Thomas
1965
10/10
Crying is one of my favorite novels. It is impossible to read without giving yourself over to insanity for extended periods of time. I will never look at a post office the same way again.
The story joins Oedipa Mass, a housewife from a mid-sixties bay area suburb, as she is named co-executor to an eccentric ex-boyfriend's estate. From there, she begins to uncover what may or may not be an illicit underground postal conspiracy running across centuries and continents, now catering to obscure, off-the-wall organizations in California.
Conspiracy, self-discovery, desperate confusion, and excellent writing: what more could you ask for?
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