There are few things in the history of American publishing that are stranger than the fact that "Lolita" was #1 on the NYT bestseller list for 7 weeks - in 1958!
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Replying to @JamesSurowiecki
It's not strange that books about sex (or thought to be about sex) sell.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
It's strange that a high-art novel that was illegal in other countries was a mainstream hit in Eisenhower's America.
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Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @HeerJeet
Americans thought it was a dirty book. Nobody is more salacious than a Puritan.
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Replying to @SaraDougherty4 @JamesSurowiecki
Exactly.
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