Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004318, Tue, 10 Aug 1999 09:13:28 -0700

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Martin Amis in _Talk_ (fwd)
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Martin Amis makes good use of both _Ada_ and poshlost in a cutting
review of Thomas Harris's _Hannibal_. I don't have the magazine so I
can't quote, but he referred to the world Harris created for his
serial-killer cannibal as an effective Antiterra. Later on he
criticizes the pulp novelist in very Nabokovian-poshlost manner,
accusing him of vulgarity.

It's all very funny and appropriate and VN-ish, and a far better read
than the Hillary Clinton interview.

Cheers,

Juan Martinez

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