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V. Paperback - 2005

by Thomas Pynchon

Pynchon's "V". won the coveted William Faulkner Foundation's First Novel Award when it appeared in 1963, and was hailed by "Atlantic Review" as "one of the best works of the century".


From the publisher

"This work may well stand as one of the very best works of the century." --Atlantic Review

Acclaimed writer Thomas Pynchon's wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men--one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much to lose--and "V.," the unknown woman of the title.

Pynchon's debut novel follows discharged Navy sailor Benny Profane as he reconnects with an eclectic collection of artists in New York known as the "Whole Sick Crew" along with his sidekick Pig Bodine, and the plot of Herbert Stencil, looking to find the woman he knows only as she is described in his father's diary: "V."

Brimming with madcap characters, the novel meanders from New York to Alexandria, Cairo, Paris, Florence, and Africa, and traverses generations. Time magazine raves, "Few books haunt the waking or the sleeping mind, but this is one."

First line

Christmas Eve, 1955, Benny Profane, wearing black levis, suede jacket, sneakers and big cowboy hat, happened to pass through Norfolk, Virginia.

From the rear cover

The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men -- one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much to lose -- and "V.," the unknown woman of the title.

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  • Title V.
  • Author Thomas Pynchon
  • Series Perennial Classics
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 560
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
  • Date 2005-07-05
  • ISBN 9780060930219 / 0060930217
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.11 x 5.3 x 1.31 in (20.60 x 13.46 x 3.33 cm)
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Missing persons
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 85045222
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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