Inherent Vice, narrated by Thomas Pynchon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjWKPdDk0_U&feature=player_embedded#!
what year is this again?

There were a lot of internet rumors and some clues over the last week. Now I can confirm that Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film will be an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s novel “Inherent Vice.” And also, it does like Robert Downey, Jr. and perhaps Charlize Theron will be the stars, with more names coming.
http://www.showbiz411.com/2013/01/08/confirmed-paul-thomas-anderson-making-thomas-pynchon-novel-into-a-film-with-robert-downey-jr

He is suspicious of e-books, does not like to have his picture taken, and is often rumored to be on the short-list of American novelists who might win the Nobel prize for literature.
The secretive novelist Thomas Pynchon is back. He will publish a new book, titled “The Bleeding Edge,” his long-time publisher, Penguin Press, said on Friday. No publication date has been set.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/thomas-pynchon-to-publish-new-book/