IVIV book review: Daily Cal:

[Doug Millison]

http://www.dailycal.org/article/106601/pynchon_s_inherent_vice_takes_a_comedic_tone

"A friend of Lawrence "Doc" Sportello advises, "PIs should really stay  
away from drugs, all 'em alternate universes just make the job that  
much more complicated." Doc, a private investigator living in Southern  
California circa 1971, hardly heeds this suggestion, and as the  
protagonist of Thomas Pynchon's latest novel, "Inherent Vice," he can  
be seen rolling a joint just as often as following a lead… "