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.