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Inherent Vice is a novel by American author Thomas Pynchon, originally published on August 4, 2009. A darkly comic detective novel set in 1970s California, the plot follows sleuth Larry "Doc" Sportello whose ex-girlfriend asks him to investigate a scheme involving a prominent land developer.
Jul 27, 2010 · Inherent Vice feels fizzily spontaneous—like a series of jazz solos, scenes, and conversations built around little riffs of language. Does it add up? Maybe. Do you get lost? Lured down a long linguistic dark alley is more like it.
Aug 1, 2009 · Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice[2009] flourishes in it’s immersion of the death of the 60’s decade, rife with counterculture beach-goers living eternally in the momentary highs of life while a shadow of future and change creeps silently over them.
Aug 20, 2009 · Doc Sportello, the mellow gumshoe hero of Thomas Pynchon’s “Inherent Vice” — a psychedelic homage to Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler set in the last days of hippie-era Los Angeles, after...
Aug 4, 2009 · Doc Sportello is the weed-smoking, long-haired private detective in Thomas Pynchon’s 2009 novel, Inherent Vice, which is experiencing renewed interest because the movie version, also called Inherent Vice, just appeared in theaters.
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Jul 2, 2021 · English. 369 pages ; 25 cm. Reluctantly investigating a kidnapping threat against his ex-girlfriend's billionaire beau, Doc Sportello tackles a bizarre tangle of nefarious characters before stumbling on a mysterious entity that may actually be a tax shelter for a dental group. Access-restricted-item. true.
Read the cult classic behind the major new film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon and Josh Brolin.
