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Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice
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Inherent Vice Paperback - 2010

by Thomas Pynchon

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Part noir, part psychedelic romp, and all Pynchon, "Inherent Vice" spotlights private eye Doc Sportello who occasionally comes out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era, as the free love of the 1960s slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L.A. fog.

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  • Title Inherent Vice
  • Author Thomas Pynchon
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Publication date 2010-07-27
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 9615252-n
  • ISBN 9780143117568 / 0143117564
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.38 x 5.52 x 0.82 in (21.29 x 14.02 x 2.08 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Cultural Region: Southern California
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Cultural Region: West Coast
    • Geographic Orientation: California
    • Locality: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
  • Category Fiction - Romance
  • Library of Congress subjects Nineteen sixties, Noir fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 2

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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.

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From the publisher

The New York Times bestseller - Named a best book of the year by the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and Los Angeles Times

"The funniest book Pynchon has written." --Rolling Stones

"Entertainment of a high order." --Time Magazine

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.

It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere 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 one of those words going around at the moment, like "trip" or "groovy," except that this one usually leads to trouble.

In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren't there . . . or . . . if you were there, then you . . . or, wait, is it . . .

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Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 08/29/2010, Page 24

About the author

Thomas Pynchon is the author of V.; The Crying of Lot 49; Gravity's Rainbow; Slow Learner, a collection of short stories; Vineland; Mason & Dixon; Against the Day; Inherent Vice; Bleeding Edge; and Shadow Ticket. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.

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