"...He abruptly turned away, as if I had slapped his face."

Why did Nabokov abruptly turn away upon hearing McConkey say, at a noisy party, that he liked Pnin for its compassion? ...


Can it be that Nabokov had a streak of ___________ in his character?

Walter Miale
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