Томас Пинчон: V.

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.