The Crying of Lot 49

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novel postmodern novel satirical novel

The Crying of Lot 49 is a short postmodern novel by Thomas Pynchon that follows Oedipa Maas as she uncovers a possibly conspiratorial underground postal system, exploring themes of communication, entropy, and paranoia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
The Crying of Lot 49 canonical	21
"The Crying of Lot 49"	2
The Crying of Lot 49 (1966)	2
The Crying of Lot 49 universe	2
The Crying of Lot 49 (1966 novel)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ postmodern novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ
author	Thomas Pynchon ⓘ
containsFictionalWork	The Courier’s Tragedy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fictionalOrganization	Thurn und Taxis ⓘ Tristero ⓘ W.A.S.T.E. ⓘ
followedBy	Gravity’s Rainbow ⓘ
genre	metafiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasSymbol	muted post horn ⓘ
length	short novel ⓘ
literaryMovement	postmodernism ⓘ
mainCharacter	Dr. Hilarius ⓘ Genghis Cohen ⓘ John Nefastis ⓘ Metzger ⓘ Mike Fallopian ⓘ Mucho Maas ⓘ Oedipa Maas ⓘ Pierce Inverarity ⓘ Randolph Driblette ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor	dense allusiveness ⓘ open-ended conclusion ⓘ use of paranoia as structuring device ⓘ
numberOfChapters	6 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotElement	Tristero ⓘ secret communication network ⓘ underground postal system ⓘ
precededBy	V. ⓘ
protagonist	Oedipa Maas ⓘ
publicationYear	1966 ⓘ
publisher	J. B. Lippincott & Co. ⓘ
setInPeriod	1960s ⓘ
setting	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California San Narciso ⓘ
theme	American consumer culture ⓘ alienation ⓘ communication ⓘ conspiracy ⓘ entropy ⓘ information theory ⓘ interpretation and meaning ⓘ paranoia ⓘ

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