The novel's two storylines increasingly converge in the last chapters (the intersecting lines forming a V-shape, as it were), as Stencil hires Benny to travel with him to Malta.Ĭhapter One: 'In which Benny Profane, a schlemihl and human yo-yo, gets to an apocheir' Each of these 'Stencilised' chapters is set at a different moment of historical crisis the framing narrative involving Stencil, 'V.', and the journals of Stencil's British spy/diplomat father threads the sequences together. The novel alternates between episodes featuring Benny, Stencil and other members of the Whole Sick Crew (including Profane's sidekick Pig Bodine) in 1956 (with a few minor flashbacks), and a generation-spanning plot that comprises Stencil's attempts to unravel the clues he believes will lead him to 'V.' (or to the various incarnations thereof). ( March 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.

1.13 Chapter Thirteen: In which the yo-yo string is revealed as a state of mind.

1.12 Chapter Twelve: In which things are not so amusing.

1.11 Chapter Eleven: Confessions of Fausto Maijstral.

1.10 Chapter Ten: In which various sets of young people get together.

1.8 Chapter Eight: In which Rachel gets her yo-yo back, Roony sings a song, and Stencil calls on Bloody Chiclitz.

1.7 Chapter Seven: She hangs on the western wall.

1.6 Chapter Six: In which Profane returns to street level.

1.5 Chapter Five: In Which Stencil Nearly Goes West with an Alligator.

1.4 Chapter Four: In Which Esther Gets a Nose Job.

1.3 Chapter Three: 'In which Stencil, a quick-change artist, does eight impersonations'.

1.1 Chapter One: 'In which Benny Profane, a schlemihl and human yo-yo, gets to an apocheir'.

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