Pynchon's treatment of organized crime

[jolly]

Though the WASTE aesthetes may find this a bit trite or close to noir or social realism or whatever other lit. category they have recently mothballed,  a discussion of  TP's representation of organized crime and "mafia" related themes could be an interesting perspective on his work. Vineland (though keeping in mind that Vineland  is considered one of TP's "smaller" novels)  has many scenes which seem to suggest that Pynchon's California is rife with not only police state control freaks such as Vond and Bopp (TP almost seems to predict the coming of King Ahh-nuld), but mafiosi, of the predictable Sicilian/Italian type, as at the Italian wedding scene.  Though it would be a bit of a stretch to label TP as Chandler-esque, there are some who have noted noir elements in TP's depiction of Cali, especially the rather sordid scenes of LA (and Hollywood types such as"Sid") in both COL49 and Vineland.

		
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