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One lesser-known fact about Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon is that it features hidden references to Pynchon’s earlier works, creating a kind of intertextual “Pynchon-verse.” For example, the mysterious real estate development group “Fangoso Lagoons” in Inherent Vice subtly echoes the shadowy organizations and secret plots found in The Crying of Lot 49 and Gravity’s Rainbow. Additionally, the novel’s setting—Los Angeles in the 1970s—mirrors the paranoid and conspiratorial themes that Pynchon has explored throughout his body of work, but with a more comedic, laid-back noir twist.
Fans and scholars often argue that Inherent Vice isn’t just a standalone novel but part of a broader tapestry of Pynchon’s obsession with conspiracy, hidden networks, and the decline of the American counterculture. The repeated presence of paranoid detectives, cryptic clues, and mysterious organizations suggests a larger thematic connection running through his novels.
The movie was pretty cool too, huh? Did you catch Bella Donna’s cameo?
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