Larry "Doc" Sportello

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fictional character private investigator protagonist

Larry "Doc" Sportello is a laid-back, marijuana-smoking private investigator navigating a surreal, conspiracy-laden Los Angeles in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Inherent Vice."

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Label	Occurrences
Doc Sportello	8
Larry "Doc" Sportello canonical	2

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ private investigator ⓘ protagonist ⓘ
appearsIn	Inherent Vice ⓘ
associatedWith	Bigfoot Bjornsen ⓘ Golden Fang ⓘ Shasta Fay Hepworth ⓘ
authorOfFictionalWork	Thomas Pynchon ⓘ
characteristic	counterculture figure ⓘ hippie ⓘ laid-back ⓘ marijuana user ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Thomas Pynchon ⓘ
fictionalStatus	human male ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearsIn	detective fiction ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Inherent Vice ⓘ surface form: Inherent Vice (2014 film)
hasCulturalContext	American counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ Southern California surf culture ⓘ
involvedIn	conspiracy investigations ⓘ missing persons cases ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
literaryGenreContext	hardboiled detective pastiche ⓘ
literaryUniverse	Inherent Vice universe ⓘ
mediumOfOrigin	novel ⓘ
narrativeRole	first-person focal character ⓘ
nickname	Doc ⓘ
notableFor	investigating the Golden Fang conspiracy ⓘ stoner detective persona ⓘ
occupation	private investigator ⓘ
partOf	Inherent Vice characters ⓘ
portrayedBy	Joaquin Phoenix ⓘ
residence	Gordita Beach ⓘ surface form: Gordita Beach, California
settingOfActivity	Gordita Beach ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ
themeInvolvingCharacter	counterculture vs establishment ⓘ drug culture ⓘ paranoia and conspiracy ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalUniverse	early 1970s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ