{"product_id":"the-crying-of-lot-49-perennial-fiction-library","title":"The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library)","description":"One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels\n“A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force.” — San Francisco Examiner\nThe Crying of Lot 49 is Thomas Pynchon's highly original classic satire of modern America, about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in what would appear to be an international conspiracy.\nWhen her ex-lover, wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity, dies and designates her the coexecutor of his estate, California housewife Oedipa Maas is thrust into a paranoid mystery of metaphors, symbols, and the United States Postal Service. Traveling across Southern California, she meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 006091307X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.006091307X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Pynchon, Thomas\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52652370133279,"sku":"PKV.006091307X.G","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/006091307X-0.jpg?v=1783011902","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/the-crying-of-lot-49-perennial-fiction-library","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}