Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001997, Thu, 10 Apr 1997 12:01:04 -0700

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Re: Nabokov sighting/Jeopardy (fwd)
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From: Stephen Eugene Cook <scook03@emory.edu>

The answer was (approx):
_Invitation to a Beheading_ was an early novel by this _Lolita_ author.

Predictably, the author's name was mispronounced "NA-buh-kof"("a" as in
"axe").