The Two Lolitas

Presents a literary detective story that investigates the possibility that Nabokov plagiarized Lolita from a work by a little-known Nazi journalist. This book uncovers a series of parallels between the two works and their authors. It casts light on the making of one of the works of the twentieth century.

And if so, did he adopt it consciously, or was this a classic case of "cryptoamnesia," with the earlier tale existing for Nabokov as a hidden, unacknowledged memory? In this extraordinary literary detective story, Michael Maar casts new light on the making of one of the most influential works of the twentieth century.