Postmodernist features of novel The Crying of Lot 49

Perhaps the most notable "postmodern" feature of The Crying of Lot 49 is the idea of plurality and its resulting paranoia. Because no "fixed" or "final" meaning exists, there is a presumably infinite number of interpretations of a given text. The resulting angst or confusion which results is often named paranoia--or a systemic anxiety that pervades a de-centered subject or ego.