V.

a novel

463 pages

English language

Published Dec. 14, 1964 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:
978-0-553-13370-7
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OCLC Number:
4223701

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4 stars (16 reviews)

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an absolutely unbelievable novel that has me real excited to re-read GR and M&D. i feel like i'd need to read many other books in order to say anything that does this one justice but what stands out to me theme-wise here is how bang on pynchon was w/r/t the nature of the transfer of global hegemony from britain to the US with all the faux-naievete, the illusions of postwar subculture, a form of administration that is less direct but no less horrific in its consequences or effects....

in the epilogue there's a line one british spook says to another about how its more honourable to labour under the illusions of 19th century power than believe for a second in the universalism in the 20th. even taking to one side the fact that a le carré type figure would of course think that, and present that as an excuse for …

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