Summary
Few private investigators in any brand of fiction faced the kinds of roadblocks Larry "Doc" Sportello encounters in Thomas Pynchon's "Inherent Vice." (Did Columbo ever wade through an armada of acid flashbacks to solve a crime or save the innocent?)
Thomas Pynchon sets his latest novel at the tail end of the turbulent Sixties, a time when the Vietnam War still raged, hippies all but ruled sections of California's coast and the mantra "trust no one" never sounded so prescient.See the full content of this document
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Crime at Time of Summer of Love
The Summer of Love's promise is about to be permanently spoiled. What better terrain for Mr. Pynchon, an author eager to get his hands dirty with conspiratorial tales that creep under the skin of American societ...
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