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      King, Queen, Knave

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      Dramatizes an Oedipal love triangle, a tragi-comedy of husband, wife and lover, through Dreyer the rich businessman, his ripe-lipped ad mercenary wife Martha, and their bespectacled nephew Franz.

      ''Vladimir Nabokov was a literary genius'' David Lodge

      ''Of ...

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      Product ID:9780141185774
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Penguin Modern Classics
      Title:King, Queen, Knave
      Authors:Author: Vladimir Nabokov, Dmitri Nabokov
      Page Count:288
      Subjects:Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation, Fiction in translation
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      Dramatizes an Oedipal love triangle, a tragi-comedy of husband, wife and lover, through Dreyer the rich businessman, his ripe-lipped ad mercenary wife Martha, and their bespectacled nephew Franz.

      ''Vladimir Nabokov was a literary genius'' David Lodge

      ''Of all my novels this bright brute is the gayest'', Nabokov wrote of King, Queen, Knave. Comic, sensual and cerebral, it dramatizes an Oedipal love triangle, a tragi-comedy of husband, wife and lover, through Dreyer the rich businessman, his ripe-lipped ad mercenary wife Martha, and their bespectacled nephew Franz. ''If a resolute Freudian manages to slip in'' - Nabokov darts a glance to the reader - ''he or she should be warned that a number of cruel traps have been set here and there...


      Imprint Name:Penguin Classics
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2001-02-22

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      Weight216 g
      Dimensions168 × 196 × 22 mm