When I read Nabokov I begin to sympathise with the Bolsheviks. So this is the kind of pompous d!ck they had to deal with immediately before the revolution. Nabokov’s English is contrived and narcissistic. “Look, I have made a puzzle. Admire my puzzle.” He learned it coldly.
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Of course, I’ve read loads of his books and quite admire Nabokov. That’s because, like him, I’m a pompous d!ck with a narcissistic writing style.
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