{"product_id":"v","title":"V.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Pynchon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the coveted William Faulkner Foundation First Novel Award in 1963, V. is an ever popular novel by one of America's great modernists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eV. is a wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men (one looking for something he has lost; the other never had much to lose so isn't looking for it) - and “V.,” the unknown lady of the title, who may be somebody's mother, somebody's mistress, or the world gone mad with despair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Filled with wild humor, inventive wordplay and a darkly imaginative power. The story roams all over the map and features such characters as Benny Profane, an adventurer named Stencil and a mysterious woman known only as V.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Benny Profane['s] function in the novel is to perfect the state of 'schlemielhood' - that is to say being the victim... His friends are called the Whole Sick Crew... Set in contrast to Profane is a young adventurer named Stencil... obsessed by a self-imposed duty which he follows, somewhat joylessly - a Quest to discover the identity of V., a woman's initial which occurs in the journals of his father, a British Foreign Office man, drowned in a waterspout off of Malta.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[V.] leaves the imagination spent and the mind reeling.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJanuary 1, 1990 by Harpercollins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Good \/ Paperback \/ Thomas Pynchon","offer_id":51295472812330,"sku":"9780060913083","price":32.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/4039\/5562\/files\/529488.jpg?v=1774524804","url":"https:\/\/evasusedbooks.co\/products\/v","provider":"Eva's Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}