A long chapter of this book describes Foppl's brutal rape of an African slave named Sarah. This novel gives the backstory of Shale Schoenmaker, who was inspired to become a plastic surgeon after his idol, the pilot Evan Godolphin, disfigured his face in a plane crash. A chapter of this novel opens with one of the main characters learning about the theory of "psychodontia" from Dr. Dudley Eigenvalue. An early chapter of this book is a reworking of its author's short story "Under the Rose," and this book introduces the author's recurring character of Kurt Mondaugen, who witnesses the Great Herero Uprising while in German Southwest Africa. The beginning of this book features an alligator hunt t
A long chapter of this book describes Foppl's brutal rape of an African slave named Sarah. This novel gives the backstory of Shale Schoenmaker, who was inspired to become a plastic surgeon after his idol, the pilot Evan Godolphin, disfigured his face in a plane crash. A chapter of this novel opens with one of the main characters learning about the theory of "psychodontia" from Dr. Dudley Eigenvalue. An early chapter of this book is a reworking of its author's short story "Under the Rose," and this book introduces the author's recurring character of Kurt Mondaugen, who witnesses the Great Herero Uprising while in German Southwest Africa. The beginning of this book features an alligator hunt through the sewers of Manhattan by a member of the Whole Sick Crew. It ostensibly follows Benny Profane and Herbert Stencil, who search for the mysterious title woman. For 10 points, name this first novel of Thomas Pynchon.