Inherent Vice Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice

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Publisher Description

"The funniest book Pynchon has written." Rolling Stone

"Entertainment of a high order." - Time

Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon—private eye Doc Sportello surfaces, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era.


In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre that is at once exciting and accessible, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren't there.

It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex- girlfriend. Suddenly she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. It's the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that "love" is another of those words going around at the moment, like "trip" or "groovy," except that this one usually leads to trouble. Undeniably one of the most influential writers at work today, Pynchon has penned another unforgettable book.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2012
June 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
431
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
1.5
MB

Customer Reviews

Gadzooka! ,

Riding goofyfoot in search of the True Board

My mind is like sieve so it's a good thing that ebooks have a search function which allows the reader to reference the names of the multitude of characters that come in and out of Larry "Doc" Sportello's private investigations. Pynchon forces the reader to size up even the most minor character as the possible lynchpin to the adventure, and Doc is the chameleon that moves through the multi-facited landscape who must decide how much of himself he is willing to compromise. The novel offers us an opportunity to question the motives of every person Doc encounters and presents and answers the dilemma of the 1960s: Who can you trust?

OMG2000's ,

Inherent Vice review

Inherent Vice is a very well written book by Pynchon because of its detailed orientated plot, it's characters and their descriptions and its message. It's too bad a lot of that was left out of the film by Paul Thomas Anderson, which I felt was the opposite.

Freddie Tanaka ,

Great Introduction to Pynchon

If you’re never read Pynchon before, you have three options: The Crying of Lot 49, Vineland and Inherent Vice. All are good reads, and reasonably accessible.

Inherent Vice is arguably the most fun. Pynchon’s take on detective fiction is unlike any other, but he is fundamentally a fun writer. OK, a scary smart writer, but one who enjoys tossing out bad jokes, puns and drug-inflected plot twists.

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