V.

"This work may well stand as one of the very best works of the century." — Atlantic Review "[A] brilliant and turbulent first novel." —George Plimpton, New York Times Book Review The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth centuray 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 k