Bibliograph

The real Lolita, the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world, Sarah Weinman

Type

Label

The real Lolita, the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world, Sarah Weinman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The real Lolita

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Sarah Weinman

Sub title

the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world

Summary

In 1948, Sally Horner was just eleven years old when she was kidnapped by a man claiming to be an FBI agent. Seven years later, Vladimir Nabokov published Lolita, perhaps the most seminal novel of the twentieth century. Sarah Weinman's investigation into how the two are connected is a thrilling, heartbreaking mix of literary scholarship and true-crime writing

Target audience

adult

Classification