The more I reflect on INHERENT VICE after a couple viewings and going back into the book, the more I think its deepest theme is right there like the purloined letter: WE NEVER SOLVE THE MYSTERY. LIFE IS LOOSE ENDS all the way down. All we can do is bring a dad back to his daughter, so to speak, and so forth. - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l