I just re-read Lolita.
Nabokov’s most controversial novel is by far his most widely read, and, with the possible exception of Pnin, the best of his I’ve read so far. It’s a twisted love story, a travelog, a noir, a Western, a mystery; it’s the ramblings of a madman. And, not unimportantly, it’s a seemingly effortless frolic in the beauty of the English language (One would expect nothing less from Nabokov.)