V is a novel by 
Thomas Pynchon written in 
1964, concerning the journey of Benny Profane through a Decadent group of artists in the late 
1950s, as well an aging traveler named Herbert Stencil's attempt to locate the mysterious woman he knows only as V. Considered to be a masterpiece, and one of the most important (and first) 
post-modern books.
 
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