IVIV book review: Daily Cal:

[Robin Landseadel]

On Sep 14, 2009, at 6:49 AM, Doug Millison wrote:

> 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… "

Strange that so many reviews of IV fail to understand the book's  
timeline.

Out or curiosity, anyone have a clue how close the timeline of  
Inherent Vice coincides with the 1970 NBA playoffs? I know it ends  
with the end of the NBA playoffs on Pynchon's 33'd [biblical number,  
that one] birthday, but when does it start?