In an essay, this novel's author described how its first inspiration was a story about an ape in the Jardin des Plantes sketching the bars of its own cage.
In an essay, this novel's author described how its first inspiration was a story about an ape in the Jardin des Plantes sketching the bars of its own cage. One character in this work forces another to read a parody of Eliot's "Ash Wednesday" and imagines himself being followed by an Aztec Red convertible containing an "Inspector Trapp". After the narrator learns that his wife has been hit by a car, he takes a trip to an inn called "The (*) Enchanted Hunters", which shares its name with a play in which the title character later performs. John Ray Jr.'s prologue reveals that this novel's title character died in Gray Star after marrying Richard Schiller, while the narrator dies before his trial for the murder of Clare Quilty. For 10 points, identify this novel in which Humbert Humbert narrates his obsession with the "nymphet" Dolores Haze, a work of Vladimir Nabokov.
In an essay, this novel's author described how its first inspiration was a story about an ape in the Jardin des Plantes sketching the bars of its own cage.
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