V

Author: Thomas Pynchon

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  • : $14.99 AUD
  • : 9780099533313
  • : Vintage
  • : Vintage Classics
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  • : 0.355
  • : January 1998
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 32mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : Thomas Pynchon
  • : Paperback
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Barcode 9780099533313
9780099533313

Description

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. as become a modern classic. This is the first novel by the author of Gravity's Rainbow, and a profoundly impressive and original work in its own right.

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The first novel by the incomparable Thomas Pynchon.

Author description

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