A review by lorriemore
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

i mostly read this in bed just before going to sleep and, as a result of that and just the nature of the book, felt like i had no idea what was going on for most of it. by the end it felt like i understood (to some extent) what had gone on before.

anyway, i did actually enjoy reading this quite a lot - the prose is so stylish the names so ridiculous, the entire narrative unfolding from the start as a series of weird people saying weird things in a way that only feels like it coheres in any way with the lens of a conspiracy about a centuries-long feud between postal companies held over it. will definitely be giving some more pynchon a go during daylight hours