A nice little essay (pdf) which provides a good overview of the critical debate about whether, or how, the Oedipus myth relates to or operates in _Lot 49_. 'The Oedipus Myth and Reader Response in Pynchon's _The Crying of Lot 49_' by Debra A. Moddelmog, _Papers on Language & Literature_ 23.2, Spring 1987, pp. 240-249. best