The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece by Sarah Weinman

The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece

Sarah Weinman

336 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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Moods

informative 73%
dark 67%
sad 58%
emotional 44%
challenging 28%
reflective 23%
tense 14%
mysterious 7%
adventurous 1%

Pace

medium 62%
slow 24%
fast 12%

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