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This may be Nabokov's finest work. For all the plebs who repeat the insipid "he's all style no substance" criticism, read Pnin right away, a book brimming with more humanity than most of the novels that receive that praise. It's humorous, sad, touching, and one of the rarer moments when we see Nabokov ungaurded

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>>14314559
correct. a perfect novel