The crying of lot 49 /
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humour, The Crying of Lot 49 opens as Oedipa Maas discovers that she haas been made executrix of a former lover's estate. But gradually, death, drugs, madness and marriage combine to leave Oepida in isolation on the thres...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Vintage,
2000, c1966.
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| Edition: | Vintage edition 1996 |
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| Classic Catalogue: | View this record in Classic Catalogue |
| Summary: | Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humour, The Crying of Lot 49 opens as Oedipa Maas discovers that she haas been made executrix of a former lover's estate. But gradually, death, drugs, madness and marriage combine to leave Oepida in isolation on the threshold of revelation, awaiting The Crying of Lot 49. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Philadelphia : Lippincott, [1966]; London : Cape, 1967. |
| Physical Description: | 142 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0099532611 (pbk) : 9780099532613 (pbk) |