Inherent Vice

Der neue psychedelische Roman von Thomas Pynchon: L.A., Ende der sechziger Jahre, Augenarzt Doc Sportello weiss, daß Liebe nur ein Wort ist, so wie ein Trip oder Marijhuana....und es tauchen eine Menge Surfer, Rocker und Drogenbosse auf, und langsam kriecht die Paranoia durch den Nebel L.A.s.

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49 , Gravity's Rainbow , Slow Learner , a collection of short stories, Vineland , Mason and Dixon , Against the Day, Inherent Vice and, most recently, Bleeding Edge . He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974. Klappentext 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. fog. He is drawn into a bizarre tangle of motives whose cast of characters includes surfers! hustlers! dopers and rockers! a murderous loan shark! a 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! ... Zusammenfassung 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. Easy for her to say.

Vorwort
The legendary author of V and Gravity's Rainbow is back with a taut, psychedelic yarn, about the sixties, featuring private eye Doc Sportello...

Autorentext

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

Klappentext

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. fog. He is drawn into a bizarre tangle of motives whose cast of characters includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, a 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, ...

Zusammenfassung
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. Easy for her to say.