A review by mkmatheson
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov

funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Forgive me for calling the prose of Pnin (pronounced puh-neen) “lush” and “lugubrious,” but that’s exactly what it is. And the way Nabokov converts his writing to a vehicle for literary comedy, makes it a unique book with ancestry to the writers like Kingsley Amis and John Kennedy Toole. Though Pnin’s episodic structure makes it light on plot, this is great character-driven comedy.