Vineland (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Pynchon
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: Late 1980’s
- Setting: California
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Police, Protests or demonstrations, 1980’s, California, West, U.S., Drug trafficking or dealing, Law enforcement, Hippies
- Locales: California
Characters Discussed
Zoyd Wheeler, a former hippie living in a Northern California community called Vineland. He earns a government pension by taking an annual dive through a plate glass restaurant window in front of television cameras to prove that he is mentally afflicted. He tries to look after his daughter, Prairie, but has little control over her or over his own life. He is driven from his home by an invasion of federal and local police who ostensibly are looking for marijuana crops but whose real target is Prairie.
Prairie Wheeler, the teenage daughter of Zoyd and...
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