Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0002546, Wed, 5 Nov 1997 15:28:33 -0800

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John Lahr's "Singing Sinatra" (in New Yorker) & VN's "Time & Ebb"
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I much prefer the art of his father, Bert. ("What if you met a
hippopotamus?" "I'd thrash him from top to bottomus!") The lines may
not have been his, but the delivery at least was unique.

Best,

Wayne Daniels

Metro Toronto Reference Library
wdaniels@gwmail.mtrl.toronto.on.ca