V.

This is the first novel by the author of GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, and a profoundly impressive and original work in its own right. The search for the mysterious V ranges from New York to Cairo to Alexandria to Malta. Apart from its strange heroine, the book's characters include sailors, spies, priests, philosophers, bums and bawds.

About the Author

THOMAS PYNCHON was born on Long Island in 1937 and educated at Cornell. He is the author of V., THE CRYING OF LOT 49, GRAVITY’S RAINBOW, SLOW LEARNER, a collection of short stories, VINELAND and MASON & DIXON. He received the National Book Award for GRAVITY’S RAINBOW in 1974.