Inherent Vice review: Harvard Crimson

[Michael Bailey]

Michael Bailey wrote:
>>
>> Unfortunately, the rigid pacing and logical arc of the conventional
>> detective story don’t quite jive with Pynchon’s classic (one might say,
>> inherent) psychedelia.
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>
> eek, nails on blackboard...doesn't "jive" with?
> next she'll be saying he fails to "hone in" on something...sheesh...
>


...but that's just me.  Lifetime hearings of the phrase are split maybe
7/30 in favor of "jibes" with, but "jives" is gaining.  Usage changes, sigh...
but I was looking at Plotnitsky today and he was saying there is something
called "general economy" where all meaning ineluctably loses value...

However, I think it's fair to say that the reverse of her statement, formed
as a question, would have to be answered affirmatively:
Does Pynchon jive with the rigid pacing and logical arc of the conventional
detective story -  heck yeah!


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