On Nabokov's Talking

[Barry Westburg]

Teen Age Riot wrote:
> 
> Speaking of Nabokov, can anyone recommend a good biography of the man?
> 
The reigning standard biography is Brian Boyd's massive _Vladimir Nabokov_ (London 
Chatto & Windus, 1992) in two vols. Vol 2 The American Years is particularly 
detailed on VN's time at Cornell. (FWIW. reading Boyd--whom I later came to 
interview in Australia-- I discovered that when I myself arrived at Cornell 
Nabokov had departed a month or so earlier. But I did come to know several of 
Nabokov's academic friends, including Prof Robbie McCloud,who rented his house to 
VN, a place where I happened to live for a short time as well, and where VN 
composed much of Lolita.)
Hope this helps.
Barry Westburg