The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Muted – I am in an alien way, Post – reading this weird novel about a Horn – that despite many mouths, remains Muted – across the Post – offices of circuitous US lands although the blare of this Horn – is audible to a secretive group … More Book Review: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (1966)