Thomas Pynchon's last novel, "inherent vice / natural defects, such as oil goes down. - LA in the late sixties, the early 70s. the flower children romp still raging Vietnam War and goes into the final round, charlie manson has instigated his girls a few pigs slaughtered and with land speculation, made large coal ... and the middle larry "doc" sportello, private investigator, responsible for LSD (localization, security check, detective), always easy breezy cool-ready claims, and the joint in his mouth. read like a conventional detective story in the footsteps of Hammett and Chandler outlined pynchon an LA amid extensive changes: real estate sharks define the geography makes new, harmless from heroin junkies drooling smoke pot, continuously in search of the next shot, the social fault lines hit directly between rich and poor in racial discrimination and street battles - in short, the summer of love gives way to a drab, conservative autumn. Against this background doc tries to solve his case: his ex-girlfriend asks him to her kidnapped lover michael wolf man - just one of those real estate sharks do with definition - to locate. even the attempt to find out who is this wolf man now, to possibly to get the idea of why he abducted could have been, raises many more questions than there are answers that doc but certainly not entirely prevent them can further ask to be submitted - only what can be put when asked again and again, the supposed knowledge is only part of the deception and, accordingly, Pynchon's novel, the story of a history ... pynchon at it's best!
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