![]() ![]() Amidst the unfurling conspiracy is a wealth of one-liners, punning, slapstick and surreal escapades. But, in Inherent Vice this plays second fiddle to the humour which Pynchon really is going for in this one. ![]() The next day he finds himself embroiled in a far wider conspiracy involving dopers, a lone-wolf cop moonlighting as an actor, the Aryan brotherhood, the FBI, black nationalists, a dead saxophonist who keeps resurfacing, a consortium of tax-evading dentists, and, at the centre of it all, the multifaceted and mysterious Golden Fang.Īs with most Pynchon books, the paranoia and absurdity are suffused with sublime moments of crisp prose. Doc says he’ll look into it, on the DL, of course. ![]() Doc Sportello, stoner and private eye (in that order), receives a visit from his wayward ex-girlfriend, Shasta, warning him about a plot to kidnap her billionaire property-developer paramour. Like, what in the fuck was going on here, basically.” This time I opted to dive into Inherent Vice. I now consider myself in-training for that one. I’ve also attempted Gravity’s Rainbow – possibly one of the hardest books ever written – twice, but have been defeated on both occasions. Previously I read The Crying of Lot 49 (which I reread earlier this year) and Bleeding Edge. The reclusive postmodern polymath has become something of an object of fascination for me, and so I decided to dive into a third book from him. It’s never a bad time to read Thomas Pynchon. ![]()
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