V Summary
Thomas Pynchon

V Summary

V. is a fiction novel by Thomas Pynchon. Benny Profane enters a tavern in Norfolk, Virginia called the Sailor's Grave on Christmas Eve, 1955. Another seaman, Pig Bodine, arrives and tells him about Pappy Hod, who split up with his young wife, Paola, from Malta. Paola had used Pappy to get to America. A riot breaks out, the police come and Profane, Pig and Paola flee, ending up in new York. Profane...

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