I haven't read "Inherent Vice", and I haven't read all of Pynchon's other
work, but in general I think you are more likely to enjoy his writing if you
like the humour. Also his books tend to be far from tightly plotted, quite
discursive and prone to going off on tangents. And various elements of the
historical settings in his other books are obviously not historically
absolutely accurate. The "spirit of the times and place" is, I think, an
important part of what he writes about.
Fwiw,
Stephen
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