The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World

Sarah Weinman

320 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
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"The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. 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, author of Kil...

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dark 68%
sad 56%
emotional 39%
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challenging 25%
tense 13%
mysterious 9%

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slow 25%
fast 11%

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