Despair

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This dark satire follows the egotistical Hermann Hermann, a murderer who thinks himself an artistSelf-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, H ermann is perhaps not to be taken too seriously. But then a chance meeting with a man he believes to be his double reveals a frightening 'split' in Hermann's nature. With shattering immediacy, Nabokov takes us into a deranged world, one full of an impudent, startling humour, dominated by the egotistical and scornful figure of a murderer who thinks himself an artist. Show more