Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon: Doc Sportello is a hippie private eye in 1960's Venice Beach, during the height of the "free drugs and love era." Super funny, super Pynchon. He has better books, but this one is so much FUN--another reason I'm picking this over Gravity's Rainbow is because Doc lights up a joint at almost every other page. It's funny and sad. It's about the beach. There's a lot of good music in it.
First Sentence:
"She came along the alley and up the back steps like she always used to."
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