Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- Do you think that Tristero is real? Or is Oedipa insane? Or did Inverarity invent the whole thing as a hoax?
- What does the Tristero conspiracy say about the nature of America?
- How does Oedipa function as a Maxwell's Demon in the novel?
- What does Oedipa have to say about communication in the modern age?
- How does the book parody the 1960s?
- How does it parody the study of history?
- How does it parody literary scholarship?
- How does it parody detective stories and other popular fiction?
- Why is there so little love in the novel? What is the relationship between the lack of love and the plot?
- Why does the plot have to be so incredibly convoluted? Why are there so many characters with funny names?
- Is this book meant to be taken seriously?