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Mark Sanderson at large in a world of books |
Andrew Wylie, the literary agent otherwise known as 'The Jackal', has struck again. No sooner has Dmitri Nabokov elected to publish The Original of Laura against the wishes of its author, his father Vladimir, than he has announced that Mr Wylie will now be representing the Nabokov estate.
Besides the 138 index cards that comprise the unfinished novel, fans of the butterfly-catching wordsmith can also look forward to a selection of letters, interviews and reviews and a collection of poetry, Verses and Versions, that will be published in America by Harcourt-Houghton Mifflin in the autumn.