Inherent Vice
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Inherent Vice is a 2009 neo-noir novel by Thomas Pynchon that follows a stoner private detective navigating a psychedelic, conspiracy-laced Los Angeles at the end of the 1960s.
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| Inherent Vice (film) | 1 |
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film
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novel ⓘ |
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Inherent Vice (film)
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| author | Thomas Pynchon ⓘ |
| containsElement |
psychedelic imagery
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rock and roll references ⓘ surf culture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Paul Thomas Anderson ⓘ |
| followedBy | Bleeding Edge ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bigfoot Bjornsen
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Coy Harlingen ⓘ Mickey Wolfmann ⓘ Sauncho Smilax ⓘ Shasta Fay Hepworth ⓘ |
| hasOrganization | Golden Fang ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conspiracy
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corporate power ⓘ counterculture ⓘ drug culture ⓘ end of the 1960s ⓘ paranoia ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
comic
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pastiche of hardboiled detective fiction ⓘ |
| notableFor | first Pynchon novel to be adapted into a feature film ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 369 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Against the Day ⓘ |
| protagonist | Larry "Doc" Sportello ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | private detective ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | stoner ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2009-08-04 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Penguin Books
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surface form:
Penguin Press
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| releaseYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Gordita Beach
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Los Angeles ⓘ |
| settingTime | late 1960s ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post–Summer of Love era ⓘ |
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Inherent Vice (film)