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'Vladimir Nabokov was a literary genius' David Lodge'Of all my novels this bright brute is the gayest', Nabokov wrote of King, Queen, Knave. Comic, sensual and cerebral, it dramatizes an Oedipal love triangle, a tragi-comedy of husband, wife and lover, through Dreyer the rich businessman, his ripe- lipped ad mercenary wife Martha, and their bespectacled nephew Franz. 'If a resolute Freudian manages to slip in' - Nabokov darts a glance to the reader - 'he or she should be warned that a number of cruel traps have been set here and there...
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King, Queen, Knave, Vladimir Nabokov
- Language
- Released
- 1968
- Binding
- (Hardcover),
- Book condition
- Damaged
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- Title
- King, Queen, Knave
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Released
- 1968
- Format
- Hardcover
- Series
- Categories
- First published
- 1928
- Original title
- Король, дама, валет (Korol', dama, valet)
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- 'Vladimir Nabokov was a literary genius' David Lodge'Of all my novels this bright brute is the gayest', Nabokov wrote of King, Queen, Knave. Comic, sensual and cerebral, it dramatizes an Oedipal love triangle, a tragi-comedy of husband, wife and lover, through Dreyer the rich businessman, his ripe- lipped ad mercenary wife Martha, and their bespectacled nephew Franz. 'If a resolute Freudian manages to slip in' - Nabokov darts a glance to the reader - 'he or she should be warned that a number of cruel traps have been set here and there...