Title: a poor second fiddle to Nabokov
Product review: I don't mean to insult Siegel -- I liked his academic parady and did find parts of the book to be very funny. It's just that once you've read Nabokov's masterpiece, Pale Fire, you see how much better Nabokov was at that kind of parody. It almost seems that Siegel copies Nabokov a bit too closely. Parts of this book were just poorly done, but it had enough to make it worth reading if you enjoy academic spoofs. If you liked this book at all, you must read Pale Fire.
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