Bend Sinister.

Nabokov, Vladimir

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1960

About this Item

First British edition of Nabokov's first novel written in America. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket with toning to the spine. Jacket design by Eric Ayers. Bend Sinister was the first novel he wrote while living in America and the most overtly political novel he ever wrote. While it is filled with veiled puns and characteristically delightful wordplay, it is, first and foremost, a haunting and compelling narrative about a civilized man caught in the tyranny of a police state. It is first and foremost a compelling narrative about a civilized man and his child caught up in the tyranny of a police state. Professor Adam Krug, the country's foremost philosopher, offers the only hope of resistance to Paduk, dictator and leader of the Party of the Average Man. In a folly of bureaucratic bungling and ineptitude, the government attempts to co-opt Krug's support in order to validate the new regime. Seller Inventory # 133254

Bibliographic Details

Title: Bend Sinister.

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London

Publication Date: 1960

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition