V - Softcover

Pynchon, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553203703 ISBN 13: 9780553203707

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1981

Synopsis

Winner of the coveted William Faulkner Foundation First Novel Award in 1963, V. remains a popular literary classic by one of America's great modernists.

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Review

Having just been released from the Navy, Benny Profane is content to lead a slothful existence with his friends, where the only real ambition is to perfect the art of "schlemihlhood," or being a dupe, and where "responsibility" is a dirty word. Among his pals--called the Whole Sick Crew--is Slab, an artist who can't seem to paint anything other than cheese danishes. But Profane's life changes dramatically when he befriends Stencil, an active ambitious young man with an intriguing mission--to find out the identity of a woman named V., who knew Stencil's father during the war, but who suddenly and mysteriously disappeared.

About the Author

Thomas Pynchon was born in 1937. His books include V, Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, Mason & Dixon, Against the Day, Inherent Vice, and Bleeding Edge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0553203703
• ISBN 13: 9780553203707
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English