On Nabokov's Talking

[Daniel Cowles]

Remarkable how quickly Pale Fire itself springs to mind upon 
reading this message.

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:Teen Age Riot wrote:
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:> Speaking of Nabokov, can anyone recommend a good biography of the man?
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: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
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