THE CRYING OF LOT 49.
by Pynchon, Thomas
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT.. Near Fine. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a Nf. dj. (Mildest possible erasure at head of front endpaper. Hint of tape ghosts at top & bottom edges of boards. Light stains at edges of dj. flaps & faintly on rear panel) Despite tape residue, a solid copy of the author's elusive SECOND book. .
Synopsis
The Crying of Lot 49 is a novel by Thomas Pynchon. The shortest of Pynchon's novels and often considered his most accessible, the book is about a woman, Oedipa Maas, possibly unearthing the centuries-old conflict between two mail distribution companies, Thurn und Taxis and the Trystero (or Tristero). The former actually existed, and was the first firm to distribute postal mail; the latter is Pynchon's invention. The novel is often classified as a notable example of postmodern fiction.
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- Bookseller
- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30236
- Title
- THE CRYING OF LOT 49.
- Author
- Pynchon, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT.
- Place of Publication
- PHILADELPHIA
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Modern Fiction/thomas Pynchon/215
- Bookseller catalogs
- List166;
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