Pnin - Vintage International Author:Vladimir Nabokov Pnin is a professor of Russian at an American college who takes the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he cannot master. Pnin is a tireless lover who writes to his treacherous Liza: "A genius needs to keep so much in store, and thus cannot offer you the whole of himself as I do." Pnin is the focal point of subtle academic conspiracie... more »s he cannot begin to comprehend, yet he stages a faculty party to end all faculty parties forever.« less
A worthy read for when you want something you can really get drawn into. Pnin is a fascinating character, not thoroughly likeable by any means, but someone whose progess you want to follow from sheer curiousity.