"In this, and in his baroque contortions to win that approval, [our hero] resembles no literary figure so much as the iconic sympathetic villain, Humbert Humbert. [Author Adam] Thirlwell winks occasionally at the influence of Lolita on the novel. He even names one of the protagonist’s young love interests Dolores; the hero refers to her un-self-consciously as a 'nymph.' The climactic scenes of the book, in their slow-motion, florid violence, are reminiscent of Lolita’s own closing pages." (Read more here)
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