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Pale Fire
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Pale Fire

by Vladimir Nabokov

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@miahfost @page88 Pale Fire is an elusive meditation on the hope and terror of life after death, and a fuckin’ killer book. Done.

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@miahfost @page88 Pale Fire is an elusive meditation on the hope and terror of life after death, and a fuckin’ killer book. Done.

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Recommended by 4 notable people, including Michael Bierut and James Franco

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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Poetry, and Fiction.

In Pale Fire Nabokov offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures: a 999line poem by the reclusive genius John Shade; an adoring foreword and commentary by Shade's selfstyled Boswell, Dr. Charles Kinbote; a darkly comic novel of suspense, literary idolatry and oneupmanship, and political intrigue....

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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Poetry, and Fiction.

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Michael Bierut

@miahfost @page88 Pale Fire is an elusive meditation on the hope and terror of life after death, and a fuckin’ killer book. Done.

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