V by Thomas Pynchon CLASSICS_TAG psychological treatment

psychological treatment

A visit to the hospital for a tonsillectomy takes a ghoulish turn

where he befriends a local millionaire

the wary sapper

A bit of fading / discoloration to back of dust jacket

V by Thomas Pynchon CLASSICS_TAG psychological treatmentVINTAGE PAPERBACK [1968] BANTAM 5th Bantam Printing. Strong vintage reading copy w some wear to cover and tanning to pages. Having just been released from the Navy, Benny Profane is content to lead a slothful existence with his friends, where the only real ambition is to perfect the art of "schlemihlhood," or being a dupe, and where "responsibility" is a dirty word. Among his pals called the Whole Sick Crew is Slab, an artist who can't seem to paint