Vladimir Nabokov

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The Lesser of Two Equals


Complete article at following URL:
http://thelesseroftwoequals.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/back-shelf-review-novel-with-cocaine/

Novel with Cocaine



By M. Ageyev
Published 1934, reprinted October 1998
Northwestern University Press
204 pp.
ISBN 0-810-11709-6

Reviewed October 30, 2007
Originally reviewed at: The Lesser of Two Equals

For a book that influenced the development of William S. Burroughs’ “Junky,” is a favorite of John Updike and was once speculated to be the work of Vladimir Nabokov writing under the pen name of M. Ageyev, “Novel With Cocaine” (or “The Cocaine Romance”) is a surprisingly obscure work. I only came upon it at random in Avol’s Bookstore and purchased it on the strength of its title – and as a result read through one of the best books in my recent memory.

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