Gary: for those unconvinced by possible physiognomical resemblances between Ginsberg and Kinbote, I offer
tentative but plausible support for your suggested model:
ALLAN GINSBERG = LENIN¹S GRAB LAG. Here, Lenin is an obvious symbol for the
Zemblan revolutionary regime overthrowing and hunting down King
Charles/Kinbote. It was Lenin, recall, who,  according to wide scholarly
consensus, ordered the murder of the Tsar, his entire family, his doctor and
three servants (Ekaterinburg, July 16, 1918. No, alas, Anastasia did not survive.)
Both the delay and ultimate failure in assassinating Kinbote are clearly
embedded in the phrase grab lag. QED.

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