Thomas Pynchon - Inherent Vice (Penguin, 2009) ****

[Robin Landseadel]

Don't consider it a flame war, just a minor misunderstanding.

As regards L.A. circa 1970—seriously, you had to be there to understand.

I would say the influence of the same author hovers over The Crying of  
Lot 49 as well.

On Dec 27, 2009, at 9:52 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> Describing the plot as "100% Pynchon" seems off the mark.  Don't  
> want to stir the ashes of a recent flame war, but a certain noir- 
> writer claims a high percentage of the plot.