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A review by danielkallin04
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
4.0
Pynchon makes clear that you can link any number of things and create a meaning - a connection - and yet that connection could all be meaningless. Like Maxwell's Demon, is the connection but a coincidence, breaking the laws of physics. Like Tristero, is everything just a paranoic desire for some purpose, breaking the laws of history.
Pynchon can make me invested in any of the most meaningless conspiracy theories, captivated by unusual characters - theatre directors, Nazis, DJs, anarchists - and can then tell me its all for nothing and I would not care. The experience of his novels is enough for me - the crying of the lot is more exciting than the identity of the bidder.
Pynchon can make me invested in any of the most meaningless conspiracy theories, captivated by unusual characters - theatre directors, Nazis, DJs, anarchists - and can then tell me its all for nothing and I would not care. The experience of his novels is enough for me - the crying of the lot is more exciting than the identity of the bidder.