![]() ![]() ![]() Despite which he soon finds himself drawn into a bizarre tangle of motives and passions whose cast of characters includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, a tenor sax player working undercover, an ex-con with a swastika tattoo and a fondness for Ethel Merman, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists. 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. 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 been awhile since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Samuel Thomas’ 2007 study Pynchon and the Political was published before Inherent Vice, but his summary of the new developments apparent in Pynchon’s Against the Day, a work demonstrating an ‘ever-deepening understanding of the real’ price of capitalism, an ever-more unflinching and sophisticated engagement with violence, with. Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon – private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era as free love slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L.A. ![]() Read the cult classic behind the major new film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon and Josh Brolin. The Crying of Lot 49 Gravitys Rainbow Slow Learner, a collection of short stories Vineland Mason & Dixon. ![]()
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