A 'banned' classic..
Martin Amis.
"Lolita is comedy, subversive yet divine..
You read Loita sprawling limply in your chair, ravished, overcome, nodding scandalized assent"
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On its way to Amanida..today 12 February 2007

Arrived today, thanks celticseahorse. I'll read it soon.

Arrived today, thanks celticseahorse. I'll read it soon.

Not what I expected at all, though I'm not sure exactly what that was! It was easy to read, well written and funny, though I'm not sure that I picked up all the subtleties, symbolism and wordplays. I was drawn by the author to have sympathy for and loathe HH alternately - and the same for Lolita.
It's a book that can be read at a superficial level, but no doubt has amazing depth if you re-read and study it.
Thanks for sharing, celticseahorse, it's now on its way home.

Thanks Amanida glad you enjoyed it back home now and put back on Mount TBR..hope to get to it over Easter

Liked my Tennis playing ducks for St Patricks Day..just sad Murray is injured at the moment..I am passionate tennis follower LOL

Cross again sometime in this wacky world of BC
Best Wishes
Jane

This is now in PC as it is being used as a resource for a project. It has my personal hieraglyphic notes on it so won't be available for loan :o)