Laughter In The Dark
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1963.
"Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for the sake of a youthful mistress; he loved; was not loved; and his life ended in disaster." Thus begins Vladimir Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark; this, the author tells us, is the whole story except that he starts from here, with his characteristic dazzling skill and irony, and brilliantly turns a fable into a chilling, original novel of folly and destruction.
Condition grading: Good. Price sticker to top right of front cover. Light creasing to bottom right corner of front cover. Very minor wear to bottom of spine.. Some creases to left corners of rear cover. Binding tight. Photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1963.
"Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for the sake of a youthful mistress; he loved; was not loved; and his life ended in disaster." Thus begins Vladimir Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark; this, the author tells us, is the whole story except that he starts from here, with his characteristic dazzling skill and irony, and brilliantly turns a fable into a chilling, original novel of folly and destruction.
Condition grading: Good. Price sticker to top right of front cover. Light creasing to bottom right corner of front cover. Very minor wear to bottom of spine.. Some creases to left corners of rear cover. Binding tight. Photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1963.
"Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for the sake of a youthful mistress; he loved; was not loved; and his life ended in disaster." Thus begins Vladimir Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark; this, the author tells us, is the whole story except that he starts from here, with his characteristic dazzling skill and irony, and brilliantly turns a fable into a chilling, original novel of folly and destruction.
Condition grading: Good. Price sticker to top right of front cover. Light creasing to bottom right corner of front cover. Very minor wear to bottom of spine.. Some creases to left corners of rear cover. Binding tight. Photographs form part of the description.
