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Inherent Vice: A Novel

by Thomas Pynchon
Publisher
Penguin Books
Year
Binding
Paperback
Pages
384

Pynchon channels Raymond Chandler through a bong hit and comes up with the purest distillation of California dreaming turned nightmare. Doc Sportello navigates Los Angeles like a man swimming through amber—everything moves too slowly until suddenly it doesn't. The mystery matters less than the atmosphere, thick with marijuana smoke and historical regret. For readers who appreciate detective fiction that solves the wrong crimes while revealing uncomfortable truths about what we choose not to investigate.

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