V
V, novel by Thomas Pynchon, published in 1963 and granted the Faulkner Foundation award for a first novel. The complex and frequently whimsical narrative recounts the search of Benny Profane and Herbert Stencil for the mysterious and elusive V, a woman who surfaces in various incarnations and guises at crucial moments in the history of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe.
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Article Title:
V
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
19 February 2022
Access Date:
February 24, 2025