This novel's narrator believes himself to be the former king of Zembla.
A character in this novel is accused of sending signals with a mirror and confined to a lumber room, where he remembers searching for a windÂ­up circus and finding a secret tunnel. Since he is writing from a cabin in a motor court, this novel's narrator compares himself to Timon of Athens, which its title is taken from. In this novel, a girl claims to have spoken to a ghostly dot of light in a barn. This novel describes (*) Hazel's suicide and begins "I was the shadow of the waxwing slain." It details the flights taken by Gradus on his way to New Wye, where he shoots a professor at Wordsmith College. This novel's narrator believes himself to be the former king of Zembla. For 10 points, name this novel that begins with the title poem by John Shade, a work of Vladimir Nabokov.
A character in this novel is accused of sending signals with a mirror and confined to a lumber room, where he remembers searching for a windÂ­up circus and finding a secret tunnel.
Pale Fire