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A Companion to the Crying of Lot 49
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Published December 30, 2008
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August 29, 2024
This is a useful guide to the many allusions, often cryptic, in Thomas Pynchon’s “The Crying of Lot 49”.
October 20, 2025
good companion although information entropy of this one is too high
February 11, 2024
When there’s a need for a companion book to a companion book. This is the one that needs to be talked about.
I understand that a lot of scholarly research has been done and put together in this piece, however the problem I see is the presentation quality that’s offered to the reader—last time I checked the purpose of a companion piece should be able to assist the reader in reading a “tricky” piece of work, and this one here clearly falls short. In short, it’s as useful as an article sitting on a domestic showcase shelf.
I understand that a lot of scholarly research has been done and put together in this piece, however the problem I see is the presentation quality that’s offered to the reader—last time I checked the purpose of a companion piece should be able to assist the reader in reading a “tricky” piece of work, and this one here clearly falls short. In short, it’s as useful as an article sitting on a domestic showcase shelf.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews