The real Lolita the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world
"In 1948, Sally Horner was just eleven years old when she was kidnapped by a man claiming to be an FBI agent. Seven years later, Vladimir Nabokov published Lolita, perhaps the most seminal novel of the twentieth century. Sarah Weinman's investigation into how the two are connected is a thrilling, he...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
HarperCollins Publishers,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "In 1948, Sally Horner was just eleven years old when she was kidnapped by a man claiming to be an FBI agent. Seven years later, Vladimir Nabokov published Lolita, perhaps the most seminal novel of the twentieth century. Sarah Weinman's investigation into how the two are connected is a thrilling, heartbreaking mix of literary scholarship and true-crime writing."--back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780062661920 0062661922 |
