Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, in my opinion, is the most masterfully written English language novel I have read. What can I say about its prose? Jaw-dropping. Breathtaking. The control. The vocabulary. The pacing. The sharp sharp humor. And all from a non-native English speaking author. There’s really little here that I can say that hasn’t already been said before, so I won’t. Except that Lolita is a wonderful novel, and you do yourself a disservice in not reading it.

So buy.

That said, I believe that Lolita, considered by New York Times as the 4th best novel of all time, has a fatal flaw. Two of ‘em, actually. These flaws in my opinion will keep it from the Pantheon of Great Books when we’re all done and all is over with. These flaws? Well, what is Lolita about, anyway?

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