num_pages: 144
description: Who is Oedipa Maas? And what was she doing when the Paranoids blew out all the lights? What was the strange legacy of Pierce Inverarity that first led her to the world-wide conspiracy known as the Tristero System, and then on into the mystery and enigma of America itself?
language: English
title: The Crying of Lot 49
titlecomplete: The Crying of Lot 49
characters: Wendell "Mucho" Maas, Stanley Koteks, Pierce Inverarity, Oedipa Maas
genres: Classics, Mystery, Fiction, The United States Of America, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 84212
places: Los Angeles, California, California
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Rosenthal Family Foundation Award
publisher: Bantam Books