Equally, possibly more plausible: Cantabrigian Boffin. VN was both: Cambridge University and Brainy Sod!
Stan Kelly-Bootle, MA (Cantab)
On 18/05/2012 02:17, "Carolyn Kunin" <chaiselongue@ATT.NET> wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 Frances Assa wrote: One last (?)comment on Kinbote associations: VN scrambled his last name to produce his first pseudonym: V. Cantaboff. A great name, it brings to mind song and buffo joking. Don't you think that the name bears much resemblance to Kinbote--again the letters are recycled, only an "i" is added, reemphasizing, perhaps, VN himself: I, Cantaboff, Kinbote. Fran Assa
Serves me right for not checking the archives first - Fran Assa solved the V Cantaboff as a simple anagram - a simpler solution, and therefore superior to mine: I, V Nabacoff
Oh, well - it was a good try,
K Cuhih