Lolita

Nabokov is a master at prose. His character descriptions are vivid, so much so, that I wasn't sure I could finish the book. To read about a child molester's feelings and actions was difficult. Humbert exploits the young Lolita. The author uses humour perhaps to convince the reader this is a story worth puruing. He also shows that his protagonist Humbert was fully aware that what he was doing was wrong. I wondered as I read the story how he managed to get into the mind of his protagonist.

I wanted to read it as the book is considered as a classic and the author a brilliant one.