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" and, most recently, "Against the Day." He received the National Book Award for "Gravity's Rainbow" in 1974.
""Inherent Vice" is the funniest book Pynchon has written. It's
also a crazed and majestic summary of everything that makes him a
uniquely huge American voice. It has the moral fury that's fueled
his work from the start - his ferociously batshit compassion for
America and the lost tribes who wander through it."
--"Rolling Stone"
"The new Pynchon: a beach read and a heartstring puller. It's
almost surreal. A"
--"Entertainment Weekly"
"A Great American Read-a terrific pastiche of California noir,
wonderfully amusing throughout (and hard to quote from in a family
newspaper because of the frequent use of, uh, colorful spoken
language) and a poignant evocation of the last flowering of the
'60s, just before everything changed and passed into myth or
memory."
--"Washington Post"
"How pitch-perfect noir can one get?"
--"Chicago Tribune"
Inherent Vice" is Thomas Pynchon doing Raymond Chandler through a
Jim Rockford looking glass, starring Cheech Ma
""Inherent Vice" is the funniest book Pynchon has written. It's
also a crazed and majestic summary of everything that makes him a
uniquely huge American voice. It has the moral fury that's fueled
his work from the start - his ferociously batshit compassion for
America and the lost tribes who wander through it."
--"Rolling Stone"
"The new Pynchon: a beach read and a heartstring puller. It's
almost surreal. A"
--"Entertainment Weekly"
"A Great American Read-a terrific pastiche of California noir,
wonderfully amusing throughout (and hard to quote from in a family
newspaper because of the frequent use of, uh, colorful spoken
language) and a poignant evocation of the last flowering of the
'60s, just before everything changed and passed into myth or
memory."
--"Washington Post"
"How pitch-perfect noir can one get?"
--"Chicago Tribune"
Inherent Vice" is Thomas Pynchon doing Raymond Chandler through a
Jim Rockford looking glass, starring Cheech Ma
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