INHERENT VICE (Exploring the cover)

[Mark Kohut]

Robin,

GRRRREAT f'in' FIND!!!....how did you do it ?(no need to answer, just lovin' it)

The p-list is the BEST detective reading list going!

Mark


--- On Sat, 11/29/08, Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: INHERENT VICE (Exploring the cover)
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 10:06 AM
> The cover for "Inherent Vice" comes from a
> pre-existing poster:
> Cadillac Hearse Art Print
> 
>  "A 'Retired' Caddy Hearse Greets Daybreak at
> a Beach Surf Shop"
> 
>  is a colorful subtitle for this very popular and
> affordable laser art print.
> 
> The print is an open edition version of our acclaimed
> "Eternal
> 
> Summer" Limited Edition canvas gicléeprint.
> Double-matted in the mat
> 
> color of your choice and available in two standard frame
> sizes, this
> 
> vibrant laser print will be a source of enjoyment for years
> to come.
> 
>   Subtitled "A 'Retired' Caddy Hearse Greets
> Daybreak at a Beach
> 
>  Surf Shop", this vibrant open edition laser print was
> created, printed
> 
> and packaged on the Island of Maui. The small edition
> measures
> 
> 8 x 10 inches and comes mounted in an 11 x 14 inch double
> mat.
> 
> The Large Edition print measures 11 x 14 inches and comes
> mounted
> 
> in a 16 x 20 inch double mat. The standard outer mat is
> white while
> 
> the inner red mat forms a border accenting the print's
> vibrant colors.
> 
> If you wish you can select a custom inner mat color at no
> additional
> 
> cost.  Click on the link to the left to see this print
> presented in a variety
> 
> of mat colors.
> 
>   Since the advent of the automobile age a century ago, the
> beach
> 
> cruiser has become a nostalgic presence found along ocean
> shorelines
> 
> worldwide. Usually old, and always rusted, the beach
> cruiser is an
> 
> integral part of the beach and surfing culture.  To those
> who cast
> 
> only a cursory glance, the cruiser is often seen as no more
> than an
> 
> unwelcome eyesore.  But to those who look beyond its rusty
> and faded
> 
> skin, the cruiser is truly the embodiment of a unique
> lifestyle marked
> 
> by sun, sand, salt and surf. Leisurely passing time with
> fellow cruisers
> 
> while their owner searches out that perfect wave is truly
> Paradise –
> 
> the Paradise of a beach cruiser.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/6pu9hg