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V.

By Thomas Pynchon
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V. by Thomas Pynchon is a complex and multi-layered novel that interlaces the story of a young ex-seaman named Benny Profane with a mysterious quest led by the intellectual Herbert Stencil. As Profane navigates the bohemian life of 1950s New York, Stencil endeavours to uncover the enigma surrounding an elusive entity known as "V." The book artfully explores themes of identity, history, and the random connections between disparate events and characters.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy intricate narratives filled with mystery and a touch of the absurd. With its richly developed characters and layers of symbolic meaning, it invites readers to explore deeper truths beneath a seemingly chaotic world. Perfect for those who appreciate a challenge and relish in unravelling complex, beautifully crafted prose.

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V.

This is the first novel by the author of GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, and a profoundly impressive and original work in its own right. The search for the mysterious V ranges from New York to Cairo to Alexandria to Malta. Apart from its strange heroine, the book's characters include sailors, spies, priests, philosophers, bums and bawds.

The first novel by the incomparable Thomas Pynchon.

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The first novel by the incomparable Thomas Pynchon.

The quest for V. sweeps us through sixty years and a panorama of Alexandria, Paris, Malta, Florence, Africa and New York. But who, where or what is V.? Bawdy, sometimes sad and frequently hilarious, V. has become a modern classic.

The greatest, wildest, most infuriating author of his generation - Ian Rankin, Guardian

To read V. today is to experience Pynchon anew - New Yorker

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099533313

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 February 1995

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 347g

Pages: 496

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Thomas Pynchon

About the Author

Thomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, a collection of short stories, Vineland, Mason and Dixon, Against the Day, Inherent Vice and Bleeding Edge. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.

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