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Despair

of Vladimir Nabokov

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Description

Extensively revised by Nabokov in 1965 - thirty years after its original publication -Despair is the wickedly inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann Karlovich, a man who undertakes the perfect crime - his own murder.

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Main Characters

Hermann Karlovich Lydia Karlovich

Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 212 pages
  • Publisher Vintage
  • Publication Date May 14th 1989
  • First Publication 10/29/34
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780679723431
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Fiction
  • Scenario ['Berlin (Germany)', 'Prague (Praha) (Czech Republic)']

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