publication date: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 (part of Winter 2020)

category: Literature

clue: This postmodern novelist's best known book is about a particular auction lot.

explanation: Pynchon wrote The Crying of Lot 49. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Erik Bates

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