Read the cult classic behind the major new film starring Joaquin
Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon and Josh Brolin. 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. It's been awhile 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. It's the tail end
of the psychedelic sixties 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. In this
lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre,
provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can
remember the sixties, you weren't there...or...if you were there,
then you...or, wait, is it...
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