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'''inherent vice'''<br>
 
'''inherent vice'''<br>
 
[http://inherent-vice.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Inherent_Vice_Title Here's] a good discussion of this phrase.
 
[http://inherent-vice.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Inherent_Vice_Title Here's] a good discussion of this phrase.
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'''like Easter Island in reverse'''<br>
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A beautiful way to describe the surfers. Easter Island is a Pacific island famous for its human stone figures, seen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moai_Rano_raraku.jpg here].
  
 
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inherent vice
Here's a good discussion of this phrase.

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like Easter Island in reverse
A beautiful way to describe the surfers. Easter Island is a Pacific island famous for its human stone figures, seen here.

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You know what the Indians say. You saved my life, now you've got to-
Recalls the bit in AtD between Scarsdale Vibe and Foley Walker. "You know what the Indians out west believe? That if you save the life of another, he becomes your responsibility forever."


Chapter 1
pp. 1-18
Chapter 2
pp. 19-45
Chapter 3
pp. 46-49
Chapter 4
pp. 50-54
Chapter 5
pp. 55-67
Chapter 6
pp. 68-88
Chapter 7
pp. 89-110
Chapter 8
pp. 111-123
Chapter 9
pp. 124-153
Chapter 10
pp. 154-162
Chapter 11
pp. 163-185
Chapter 12
pp. 186-206
Chapter 13
pp. 207-234
Chapter 14
pp. 235-255
Chapter 15
pp. 256-274
Chapter 16
pp. 275-295
Chapter 17
pp. 296-314
Chapter 18
pp. 315-342
Chapter 19
pp. 343-350
Chapter 20
pp. 351-363
Chapter 21
pp. 364-369
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