There is a new Thomas Pynchon novel coming out August 4th, titled Inherent Vice.

From the Penguin synopsis (via the Examiner):
…he [main character] soon finds himself drawn into a bizarre tangle of motives and passions whose cast of characters includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, a tenor sax player working undercover, an ex-con with a swastika tattoo and a fondness for Ethel Merman, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists.

I have just enrolled in my student dental insurance, so this seems very appropriate.