The Crying of Lot 49

De: Thomas Pynchon

Narrado por: George K Wilson

The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy.

When 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.

“The work of a virtuoso with prose … His intricate symbolic order [is] akin to that of Joyce’s Ulysses.”—Chicago Tribune

©1965, 1966 Thomas Pynchon (P)2005 Recorded Books

Reseñas de la Crítica

"The comedy crackles, the puns pop, the satire explodes." (The New York Times)

Great Reader. However...

The reader is great, even though I’d prefer a woman to read the novel because of the main character. However, there are so many noises in the background coming from his mic.
• Dog Barking
• Routine Stomach Growling
• Long unedited pauses

Bonkers as always

Can’t understand how someone can write post modernist anarcho satire and still make lyrical. Maybe if I read enough Pynchon analysis, I’ll understand. Or I could be wasting my time, missing the point.

Didn't Live Up to Expectations

I do not share the same opinion as those who feel this book is in the top 100 greatest novels. It is a fine novel, quirky, and enjoyable on several levels, but nothing special compared to other great novels. Perhaps it was the reading which was uninspired. I never really got into the novel and before I knew it, the reading was done.

It's quite a book

Having the audiobook definitely helps to really understand what is going on in the book.

Pretty good reading of a classic

Only gripe is that the narrator develops a slight nose whistle partway through. Otherwise a very good rendition of Pynchon’s classic novel.