He dies of coronary thrombosis a few days before his trial for murder but not before he commits to writing such famous witticisms as "You can always rely on a murderer for fancy prose."  The son of European hotel owners, his mother is killed by a lightning bolt when he is three.  His manuscript, subtitled The Confession of a White Widowed Male, is 
He dies of coronary thrombosis a few days before his trial for murder but not before he commits to writing such famous witticisms as "You can always rely on a murderer for fancy prose."  The son of European hotel owners, his mother is killed by a lightning bolt when he is three.  His manuscript, subtitled The Confession of a White Widowed Male, is "edited" by John Ray, Jr., and discusses the aptly named Annabel Leigh, before it ends with the murder of Clare Quilty.  FTP, name this lover of Dolores Haze, the central character of Nabokov's Lolita.
He dies of coronary thrombosis a few days before his trial for murder but not before he commits to writing such famous witticisms as "You can always rely on a murderer for fancy prose."  
Humbert Humbert (I guess you can accept either name)