SUMMARY: Winner of the coveted William Faulkner Foundation First Novel Award in 1963, "V." remains a popular literary classic by one of America's great modernists. "This work may well stand as one of the very best works of the century."-- "Atlantic Review" "This work may well stand as one of the very best works of the century." "--Atlantic Review" "Filled with wild humor, inventive wordplay and a darkly imaginative power." "--Philadelphia Inquirer"