unreliable? in Vineland

[Terrance]

  True, maybe "reliable" is a poor term for it.  But it's
> definitely *not* unreliable narration.

Why not? 

It seems to be unreliable 3rd person narration. 

Person = 3rd person

Dramatized? no

Undramatized. 

The next question is the one you're getting at: 

are the beliefs and characteristics of the narrator  shared by the
implied author? 

Yes. 

This is the most important difference in VL from P's other novels. 

We can easily identify the implied author. 

Where is the self-conscious and paranoid narrator in VL? 

Where are THEY? THEM? Where is the conspiracy? 

Reagan? 

http://www.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/okla/chase22.htm