Not Drugs The Anatomy of Melville's Melancholy (Thoreau: "when men are prepared for it")

[Victor Lazzarini]

Well, the blurb says 'Psychedelic Noir', does it not? I take that it  
implies some chemical experiences. It should be interesting to make a  
chronology of the events in the novel to see if there is a day in it  
without any sort of mind-alteration activity.

> If Inherent Vice isn't about drugs, what is?