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Sarah Weinman
Sarah Weinman is an expert on true crime, known for her investigative non-fiction. She wrote The Real Lolita and Unspeakable Acts, and also edited the anthology Inherit the Dead.
The real Lolita
The real Lolita
- Pages
- 395
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- English
Synopsis
In 1948, eleven-year-old Sally Horner was kidnapped by a man posing as an FBI agent. Seven years later, Vladimir Nabokov published his controversial novel, Lolita. This investigation explores the chilling connection between Sally Horner's real-life ordeal and Nabokov's seminal work, blending literary scholarship with true-crime reporting to uncover a heartbreaking story.