While reading John Lanchester's
article regarding the publication of Vladimir Nabokov's unfinished
novel The Original of Laura (Dying
Is Fun) (article requires log in for full review--http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23491),
I was quite interested in this following quote Lanchester cites from
Michael Wood's book The Magician's Doubts: Nabokov and the Risks of
Fiction. This quote about the difference between a writer's
signature and a writer's style: [. . .]