Table of Contents
Introducion; Chapter 1 Gleb Struve in ‘Slavonic and East European Review’ 1934, 436–44; Chapter 2 P.M. Bitsilli in ‘Sovremennye Zapiski’ 1936; Chapter 3 Vladislav Khodasevich, on Sirin, ‘Vozrozhdenie’ 1937; Chapter 4 Jean-Paul Sartre in ‘Europe’ 15 June 1939, 240–9; Part 1 ‘The Real Life of Sebastian Knight’ 1941; Chapter 5 P.M.J. in ‘New York Times Book Review’ 11 January 1942, 7, 14; Chapter 6 Iris Barry in ‘New York Herald Tribune Books’ 25 January 1942, 12; Chapter 7 Walter Allen in ‘Spectator’ 3 May 1946, 463–4; Part 2 ‘Bend Sinister’ 1941; Chapter 8 Richard Watts, JR, in ‘New Republic’ 7 July 1947, 26–7; Chapter 9 Nathan L. Rothman in ‘Saturday Review’ 2 August 1947, 33; Chapter 10 V.S. Naipaul in ‘New Statesman’ 26 March 1960, 461–2; Chapter 11 Malcolm Bradbury in ‘Punch’ 20 April 1960, 562; Chapter 12 Frank Kermode in ‘Encounter’ June 1960, 81–6; Part 3 ‘Lolita’ 1955; Chapter 13 John Hollander in ‘Part isan Review’ Autumn 1956, 557–60; Chapter 14 F.W. Dupee in ‘Anchor Review’ 1957, 1–3, 5–13; Chapter 15 Howard Nemerov in ‘Kenyon Review’ Spring 1957, 320–1; Chapter 16 Lionel Trilling in ‘Encounter’ October 1958; Chapter 17 Kingsley Amis in ‘Spectator’ 6 November 1959, 635–6; Chapter 18 Walter Allen in ‘New statesman’ 7 November 1959, 632; Part 4 ‘Pnin’ 1957; Chapter 19 Howard Nemerov in ‘Kenyon Review’ Spring 1957, 314; Chapter 20 Pamela Hansford Johnson in ‘New Statesman’ 21 September 1957, 361; Chapter 21 Kingsley Amis in ‘Spectator’ 27 September 1957, 403; Part 5 ‘Invitation to a Beheading’ 1959; Chapter 22 Paul Pickrel in ‘Harper’s Magazine’ November 1959, 104, 106; Chapter 23 John Wain in ‘New Republic’ 21 December 1959, 18–19; Chapter 24 Unsigned Review, ‘Times Literary Supplement’ 10 June 1960, 365; Chapter 25 Burns Singer in ‘Encounter’ January 1961, 77; Part 6 ‘Laughter in the Dark’ 1960; Chapter 26 Anthony Burgess in ‘Yorkshire Post’ 23 March 1961, 4; Chapter 27 Nicholas Blake in ‘Sunday Telegraph’ 2 April 1961, 7; Chapter 28 Unsigned Review, ‘Times
