{"product_id":"the-real-lolita-9781474605618","title":"The Real Lolita","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVladimir Nabokov''s \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary investigation, \u003ci\u003eThe Real Lolita \u003c\/i\u003erestores Sally Horner to her rightful place in the lore of the novel''s creation. Drawing upon extensive investigations, legal documents, public records, and interviews with remaining relatives, Sarah Weinman casts a new light on the dark inspiration for a modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah Weinman's captivating, heart-rending \u003ci\u003eThe Real Lolita\u003c\/i\u003e offers both \u003cb\u003enuanced and compassionate true-crime reportage and revelatory cultural and literary history\u003c\/b\u003e. It will, quite simply, change the way you think about \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e and 'Lolitas' forever -- Megan Abbott\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Real Lolita\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea tour de force of literary detective work\u003c\/b\u003e. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov's masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to our consciousness -- David Grann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompassionate and necessary\u003c\/b\u003e, Sarah Weinman's \u003ci\u003eThe Real Lolita\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a true-crime achievement. It's a literary rescue mission, bringing to life the tragic real-life case that forms the dark heart of Nabokov's classic. \u003cb\u003eYou'll never read \u003ci\u003eLolita \u003c\/i\u003ethe same way again\u003c\/b\u003e -- Robert Kolker\u003cbr\u003eSarah Weinman delivers a \u003cb\u003ethoroughly riveting and heartbreaking \u003c\/b\u003enarrative that weaves the very best of true crime writing with the darker elements of literary inspiration -- Gilbert King\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Real Lolita\u003c\/i\u003e is the corrective we never knew we needed, a lively, engrossing work of scholarship that does not diminish Nabokov, but gently insists that we not indulge his trickster ways. Sally Horner matters and, thanks to Sarah Weinman, she and Dolores Haze will be forever linked. \u003cb\u003eGroundbreaking work, a new genre unto itself\u003c\/b\u003e -- Laura Lippman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting blend of true crime, historical investigation, and literary analysis\u003c\/b\u003e, Sarah Weinman adds another dimension to this already complicated context * Buzzfeed *\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Real Lolita\u003c\/i\u003e, Sarah Weinman might be said to have invented a completely new genre . . . Weinman is at her absolute best when playing detective and piecing together this tragic tale in all its sordid detail . . . the book contains twists and near misses and bit-part players, everything you might expect from a true-crime story, \u003cb\u003estartlingly and simply told\u003c\/b\u003e -- Ian Sansom * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eRiveting . . .  Scrupulously researched . . . Nearly 70 years after Sally Horner's death, Weinman's \u003cb\u003edark and compulsively readable\u003c\/b\u003e book will make readers aware of the absence of a nearly forgotten girl's voice in discussions of one of the great works of American literature * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperb\u003c\/b\u003e . . . By combing through court documents and newspaper accounts and interviewing surviving friends and family members, Weinman has evocatively reconstructed Sally [Horner]'s nightmare, as well as the sexual mores of mid-twentieth-century America * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003eUtterly engrossing . . . \u003cb\u003eWeinman dazzles the reader with the recreation of this time period\u003c\/b\u003e . . . As we read through this mesmerizing book, Weinman's obsession becomes the reader's obsession. . . We develop boundless compassion for this once little girl, along with a deep empathy and sorrow for the story of her life * Los Angeles Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eWeinman's \u003cb\u003egripping\u003c\/b\u003e work of true crime challenges a culture that privileges artistic genius over a child's life * Huffington Post *\u003cbr\u003eA sensitive look at the troubling crime that influenced Vladimir Nabokov's most notorious book; \u003cb\u003eWeinman writes with insight and empathy\u003c\/b\u003e about both the famous author and the now-forgotten girl whose story intrigued him * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003estunning work of investigative journalism\u003c\/b\u003e, Sarah Weinman resurrects the Horner case and uncovers its deep connection to \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e * Refinery29 *\u003cbr\u003eSuperb . . . [Weinman] has now become something of a literary detective herself, conducting an investigation into the case she says inspired \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Weinman assembles a substantial array of evidence . . . \u003cb\u003eWeinman has compassionately given Sally Horner pride of place once more in her own life\u003c\/b\u003e, a life that was first brutally warped by Frank La Salle, and then appropriated by one of the most brilliant writers of the 20th century * Washington Post *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739601547607,"sku":"9781474605618","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474605618.jpg?v=1720052707","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-real-lolita-9781474605618","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}