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RED CLASSICSTheres no funnier monster in modern literature than poor, doomed Humbert. Going to hell in his company would always be worth the ride IndependentLaugh-aloud black humour Daily TelegraphHumbert Humbert is a middle-aged, fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita, whom hell do anything to possess. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster?... Or is he all of these?Redeeming, Splendid, headlong, endlessly comic and evocative John UpdikeLolita is the more shocking because it is both intensely lyrical and wildly funnya Medusas head with trick paper snakes TimeRapturous incendiary Time OutA great novel It widens our own humanity Guardian