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Title: Go Postal with this wry conspiracy satire
Review: "The Crying of Lot 49" slowly unfolds into a conspiracy theory so crazy it just might be true. After reading it, I started looking for signs of its truth, and, either it is true, or fans of the novel have planted the signs themselves. Maybe both.Not just a paranoid lark, though, "49" is a wonderful satire of power structures. Like the best cyberpunk novels (Stephenson, Gibson), the satire is not so broad that it slaps you in the face immediately. But by the time you get to "KCUF" radio, you're pretty sure that not everything is meant to be taken at face value :-)Maybe it's the fact that we're recycling a lot of 70s culture now, but the satire doesn't seem that dated. Like Swift, it ages well.If you've been afraid of Pynchon for his pop-yet-pomo reputation, try this one out.
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