SOURCE: “The Sublime and the Ridiculous: Nabokov's Black Farces,” in Vladimir Nabokov, His Life, His Work, His World: A Tribute, edited by Peter Quennell, 1979. Reprint by William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1980, pp. 73-87.
In the following essay, Amis argues that the three “black farces,” King, Queen, Knave; Laughter in the Dark; and Despair are precursors to Lolita.
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