Quotes from book
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice is a novel by American author Thomas Pynchon, originally published in August 2009. A darkly comic detective novel set in 1970s California, the plot follows sleuth Larry "Doc" Sportello whose ex-girlfriend asks him to investigate a scheme involving a prominent land developer. Themes of drug culture and counterculture are prominently featured. Critical reception was largely positive, with reviewers describing Inherent Vice as one of Pynchon's more accessible works. The novel was adapted into a 2014 film of the same name.
Source: Inherent Vice (2009), p. 137
but he didn't have to enjoy that either, especially.
Source: Inherent Vice (2009), p. 225
Source: Inherent Vice (2009), p. 119 <!-- (The Penguin Press, 2009, US hardcover edition) -->
Source: Inherent Vice (2009), p. 203
“Charlie really has this, like, obsessive death wish!”
Yes! he, he wants to be caught, processed, put in a can, not just any can, you dig, it has to be StarKist! suicidal brand loyalty, man, deep parable of consumer capitalism, they won't be happy with anything less than drift-netting us all, chopping us up and stacking us on the shelves of Supermarket Amerika, and subconsciously the horrible thing is, is we want them to do it...
Source: Inherent Vice (2009), p. 119
