Thomas Pynchon - V (Vintage Publishing)

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 aby the author of Gravity's Rainbow, and a profoundly impressive and original work in its own right.