inherent vice - continuity issue

[Robin Landseadel]

On Nov 8, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Victor Lazzarini wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'd like to ask people here if anyone spotted a continuity problem  
> in Inherent Vice.
> Towards the end of chapter 14, Doc and Tito get to Arrependimiento  
> only to be greeted with a gun by Riggs Warbling. Doc introduces  
> himself by saying 'Remember me? Larry Sportello? Doc?' . My problem  
> with this is that, as far as I can trace back, last (and the only)  
> time Doc saw Riggs, he was posing undercover as someone dealing with  
> a donation from Mickey Wolfmann. This feels wrong to me. What do you  
> think?
>
> Regards
>
> Victor

While the narrator is more or less reliable, Doc's personal P.O.V. and  
general mental state ain't. How many times, throughout the novel, does  
Doc ask "Did I just say that?"

Nothing like being greeted at the door by someone with a gun to throw  
you off.