Thomas Pynchon
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…
difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, and Erik Bates
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