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Nabokov's Ghost: Make Buck off Laura

Son's imagined convo with dead dad might've saved final manuscript

By Kate Rockwood,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 29, 2008 7:59 PM CST

(Newser) – Dmitri Nabokov's decision not to destroy his famed father's unfinished manuscript followed an imagined conversation with Vladimir's ghost, writes Ron Rosenbaum for Slate. Rosenbaum, who sleuthed his way through the "to burn or not to burn" debate, was previously told by Dmitri—who hinted...   Read full story »

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