Aug. 11th, 2005

liv: Bookshelf labelled: Caution. Hungry bookworm (bookies)
Author: Vladimir Nabokov

Details: (c) 1962 Vera Nabokov & Dimitri Nabokov; pub Vintage International 1989; ISBN 0-679-72342-0

Verdict: Pale Fire is very weird indeed, and probably too clever for me.

Reasons for reading it: [livejournal.com profile] lethargic_man has been recommending it to me for absolutely ages but I've never happened to find a copy until this trip.

How it came into my hands: The Strand bookshop

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Miscellaneous. Eclectic. Random. Perhaps markedly literate, or at least suffering from the compulsion to read any text that presents itself, including cereal boxes.

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