Despair Av Vladimir Nabokov

<p><b>''A work of rapture - jolting, hilarious and incredibly racy'' Martin Amis, <i>The Times</i></b><br><br>Self-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann is perhaps not to be taken too seriously. But then a chance meeting with Felix, a man he believes to be his double, reveals a frightening ''split'' in Hermann''s nature. Convinced that he has found his doppelgänger, Hermann uses this discovery to weave a money-making plan that leads to disguise, betrayal and eventually murder. <br><br>Filled with impudent, startling humour, and dominated by the egotistical and scornful figure of a killer who thinks himself an artist, <i>Despair</i> takes us into a deranged world of doubles and illusions, where nothing is quite as it seems.</p>