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crying of lot 49, thomas pynchon, Oedipa Maas, muted posthorn, tristero, W.A.S.T.E., postal service, conspiTHE CRYING OF LOT 49
by Thomas Pynchon
Three Buttons
Three 1.25\" pinback buttons based on the cult novel \"TheCrying of Lot 49\" by Thomas Pynchon.
The Muted Post Horn - the symbol of the secret postal service conspiracyfrom the novel \'The Crying of Lot 49.\'
W.A.S.T.E. - You might find this logo painted acrossthe back of a denim jacket, hidden under a discarded tin can, orpainted on a rusty barrel inside a derelict building. When youdo, you know that you have found one link in the chain of theunderground post.
\"We Await Silent Tristero\'s Empire\" - The story ofTristero and the W.A.S.T.E. system is one of many mysteries that twinebetween the covers of this novel.
The Crying of Lot 49 is Thomas Pynchon\'s classicsatire of modern America, about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herselfenmeshed in what would appear to be an international conspiracy.When her ex-lover, wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity, diesand designates her the coexecutor of his estate, California housewifeOedipa Maas is thrust into a paranoid mystery of metaphors, symbols,and the United States Postal Service. Traveling across SouthernCalifornia, she meets some extremely interesting characters, andattains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge.
The aerospace industry giant Yoyodyne, which several characters work for in this novel, was re-used to comical effect in the movie \"Buckaroo Banzai And His Adventures Across the Eighth Dimension.\"
Thomas Pynchon was born in 1937. His books includeThe Crying of Lot 49, Gravity\'s Rainbow, Inherent Vice, Vineland, andMason & Dixon.
Wear these buttons on your business suit, whileattending an sale, while smoking the finest filtered cigarettes,while dropping anitem into the nearest W.A.S.T.E. collection box, or while stranded inan inhospitable bar.
See our store for more cult fiction-related buttons and magnets! Click HereMuted Post Horn button also sold separately
Pinback on each button. US penny for scale. Penny and ruler NOTincluded. 1.25inches = 3.175 cm.
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