Pynchon, Thomas.

Inherent vice / Thomas Pynchon. - New York : Penguin Press, c2009. - 369 p. ; 25 cm.

Reluctantly investigating a kidnapping threat against his ex-girlfriend's billionaire beau, Doc Sportello tackles a bizarre tangle of nefarious characters before stumbling on a mysterious entity that may actually be a tax shelter for a dental group.

ISBN: 9781594202247

LCCN: 2009007705

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Private investigators--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Mystery fiction--2009.

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54