Reading Nabokov you can occasionally hear him chortling in the background at his own cleverness & verbal wonders. A major flaw in his work.
@matthunte More in the late work than earlier (although if I could read Russian I might notice it in early work as well).
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@HeerJeet Ironically, Amis is the one who put me off form reading the late Nabokov: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/14/vladimir-nabokov-books-martin-amis … -
@matthunte Late Nabokov is still much better than Late Martin Amis. - Show replies
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