Background reading for Inherent Vice : Which to read first? Chaos (2019) has higher rating on Goodreads, but Rage (2015) has more readers. Chaos is shorter but they're both big books. I think I'll go with Chaos first, and read Rage if I want some more. Tom O'Neill has instagram and twitter for Chaos. He lives in Venice CA according to his website . I did not know about Operation Chaos : CIA's domestic espionage project targeting the American people from 1967 to 1974 whose mission was to uncover possible foreign influence on domestic race, anti-war and other protest movements. Imagine the right being interested enough to explore the influence of Russia on the January 6th insurrection. Amid the uproar of the Watergate break-in involving two former CIA officers, Operation CHAOS had been closed in 1973. Bryan Burrough works for Vanity Fair and lives in Texas. Rage Reviews NY Times : "What is new and valuable in “Days of Rage” is the comprehensive overview i...