V. by Thomas Pynchon [TRADE PAPERBACK RE-ISSUE] 2005 • Harper Perennial

V. by Thomas Pynchon

TRADE PAPERBACK RE-ISSUE [2005] HARPER PERENNIAL MODERN LIBRARY

Trade paperback re-issue w/ frosted matte cover.  Light cover wear.  Reads like new. 

Winner of the coveted William Faulkner Foundation First Novel Award in 1963, V. is  a wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century.

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.