Lolita Orange Prize Nominee for New Writers (2005) These characters and many others

These characters and many others find their lives inextricably entangled as their experiences illuminate the cataclysms that marked the century

Gardner and his allies in Congress and the Pentagon will stop at nothing

His girlfriend

One of the most famous philosophical and political tracts ever created

Lolita Orange Prize Nominee for New Writers (2005) These characters and many othersHumbert humbert is a middle aged, fastidious college professor he also likes little girls and none more so than lolita, who he'll do anything to possess is he in love or insane? a silver tongued poet or a pervert? a tortured soul or a monster? or is he all of these?