Lolita

RED CLASSICS8216There8217s no funnier monster in modern literature than poor doomed Humbert. Going to hell in his company would always be worth the ride8217 Ind... » 

RED CLASSICS8216There8217s no funnier monster in modern literature than poor doomed Humbert. Going to hell in his company would always be worth the ride8217 Independent8216Laughaloud black humour8217 Daily TelegraphHumbert Humbert is a middleaged fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita whom he8217ll do anything to possess. Is he in love or insane? A silvertongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster?... Or is he all of these?8216Redeeming Splendid headlong endlessly comic and evocative8217 John Updike8216Lolita is the more shocking because it is both intensely lyrical and wildly funny8230a Medusa8217s head with trick paper snakes8217 Time8216Rapturous8230 incendiary8217 Time Out8216A great novel8230 It widens our own humanity8217 Guardian Humbert Humbert is a middleaged fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita who hell do anything to possess. Is he in love or in «