This book is recommended for all readers.
Thomas Pynchon “is an American treasure, one of the authors whose work will be read far into the future. His keen eye notes the details that make up a culture while his style entertains. Pynchon fans will be pleased with this book, and those who haven't yet discovered this author will be pleasantly surprised.”—
Shasta has a story, it's a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she
just happens to be in love with. Easy for her to say. It's the tail end
of the psychedelic 60s in L.A., and Doc knows that "love" is another of
those words going around at the moment, like "trip" or "groovy," except
that this one usually leads to trouble. Despite which he soon finds
himself drawn into a bizarre tangle of motives and passions whose cast
of characters includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a
murderous loan shark, a tenor sax player working undercover, an ex-con
with a swastika tattoo and a fondness for Ethel Merman, and a mysterious
entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up
by some dentists.
For more than 45 years, Thomas Pynchon has been the hidden god of modern letters, rarely photographed, never interviewed, but nonetheless revered and worshiped, his name pronounced by the devoted with a hiccup of pure awe: Thomas, gulp, Pynchon. Fans even collect the few books for which he has given a dust-jacket blurb. Every word of the Master is precious. Nonetheless, Pynchon has often been -- at least until "Inherent Vice" -- a writer more admired than loved.
"Inherent Vice" made its debut at the New York Film Festival. Based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon, and marking the first-ever screen adaptation of the author's work; the smoke budget on this one may reach six figures.
From #BookToScreen:
"Inherent Vice" may not be the Great American Novel, but it's certainly a Great American Read -- a terrific pastiche of California noir, wonderfully amusing throughout (and hard to quote from in a family newspaper because of the frequent use of, uh, colorful spoken language). Paul Thomas Anderson, the first filmmaker okayed to adapt a Thomas Pynchon novel for the screen.
Halfway through a long lunch at Tavern on the Green on a sunny September day, the trim, tanned filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, dressed in a Southern California beach bum’s uniform — Quiksilver shorts, faded blue T-shirt, crumpled white bucket hat — went silent. Mr. Anderson, 44, had been asked a simple question:
"Inherent Vice" is PTA's first ensemble movie in 15 years. Anderson's early films were notable because of strong ensembles, but in the years since 1999's "Magnolia" the director has focused on movies with more singular points of view. Not so with "Inherent Vice," which includes almost two dozen significant speaking parts. Things you need to know about Inherent Vice; may draw comparisons to movies of the pass.
Thomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, a collection of short stories, Vineland , Mason and Dixon and, most recently, Against the Day. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.
Visit the Pynchon Wikis… Highly detailed guides to each of Pynchon's novels, including page-by-page annotations, alphabetical indexes, reviews, and a whole lot more.
The Literary Wiki Explores the Novels of Thomas Pynchon. Quite extensive, with loads of great information.
#TheREVIEW Accommodates Many Voices:
“Our fears are informed by history and economics, by social power and stigma, by myths and nightmares.” Vaccines and Vampires: Eula Biss on Science, Fear, and Metaphor.
A Conversation with Mark Athitakis
Thanks for Reading!
Thomas Pynchon “is an American treasure, one of the authors whose work will be read far into the future. His keen eye notes the details that make up a culture while his style entertains. Pynchon fans will be pleased with this book, and those who haven't yet discovered this author will be pleasantly surprised.”—
"That you, Shasta?"
She came along the alley and up the back steps the way she always used to. Doc hadn't seen her for over a year. Nobody had. Back then it was always sandals, bottom half of a flower–print bikini, faded Country Joe & the Fish T–shirt. Tonight she was all in flatland gear, hair a lot shorter than he remembered, looking just like she swore she'd never look.Shasta has a story, it's a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she
just happens to be in love with. Easy for her to say. It's the tail end
of the psychedelic 60s in L.A., and Doc knows that "love" is another of
those words going around at the moment, like "trip" or "groovy," except
that this one usually leads to trouble. Despite which he soon finds
himself drawn into a bizarre tangle of motives and passions whose cast
of characters includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a
murderous loan shark, a tenor sax player working undercover, an ex-con
with a swastika tattoo and a fondness for Ethel Merman, and a mysterious
entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up
by some dentists.For more than 45 years, Thomas Pynchon has been the hidden god of modern letters, rarely photographed, never interviewed, but nonetheless revered and worshiped, his name pronounced by the devoted with a hiccup of pure awe: Thomas, gulp, Pynchon. Fans even collect the few books for which he has given a dust-jacket blurb. Every word of the Master is precious. Nonetheless, Pynchon has often been -- at least until "Inherent Vice" -- a writer more admired than loved.
"Inherent Vice" made its debut at the New York Film Festival. Based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon, and marking the first-ever screen adaptation of the author's work; the smoke budget on this one may reach six figures.
From #BookToScreen:
"Inherent Vice" may not be the Great American Novel, but it's certainly a Great American Read -- a terrific pastiche of California noir, wonderfully amusing throughout (and hard to quote from in a family newspaper because of the frequent use of, uh, colorful spoken language). Paul Thomas Anderson, the first filmmaker okayed to adapt a Thomas Pynchon novel for the screen.
Halfway through a long lunch at Tavern on the Green on a sunny September day, the trim, tanned filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, dressed in a Southern California beach bum’s uniform — Quiksilver shorts, faded blue T-shirt, crumpled white bucket hat — went silent. Mr. Anderson, 44, had been asked a simple question:
"Inherent Vice" is PTA's first ensemble movie in 15 years. Anderson's early films were notable because of strong ensembles, but in the years since 1999's "Magnolia" the director has focused on movies with more singular points of view. Not so with "Inherent Vice," which includes almost two dozen significant speaking parts. Things you need to know about Inherent Vice; may draw comparisons to movies of the pass.
Thomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, a collection of short stories, Vineland , Mason and Dixon and, most recently, Against the Day. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.
Visit the Pynchon Wikis… Highly detailed guides to each of Pynchon's novels, including page-by-page annotations, alphabetical indexes, reviews, and a whole lot more.
The Literary Wiki Explores the Novels of Thomas Pynchon. Quite extensive, with loads of great information.
#TheREVIEW Accommodates Many Voices:
“Our fears are informed by history and economics, by social power and stigma, by myths and nightmares.” Vaccines and Vampires: Eula Biss on Science, Fear, and Metaphor.
A Conversation with Mark Athitakis
Thanks for Reading!
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