Inherent vice

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49 , Gravity's Rainbow , Slow Learner (a collection of short stories), Vineland , Mason & Dixon , Against the Day, Inherent Vice and Bleeding Edge . He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974. Klappentext Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon - private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era as free love slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L.A. fog. He is drawn into a bizarre tangle of motives whose cast of characters includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, a 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, ... Zusammenfassung It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. Easy for her to say.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Thomas Pynchon
• Edition: Vintage UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 05.08.2010
• EAN: 9780099542162
• ISBN: 978-0-09-954216-2
• Pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Thème: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); FICTION / Political, FICTION / Satire, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary