{"product_id":"the-real-lolita-a-lost-girl-an-unthinkable-crime-and-a-scandalous-masterpiece-9780062661937","title":"The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Real Lolita\u003c\/em\u003e is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov's masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to our consciousness.\" --David Grann, author of \u003cem\u003eKillers of the Flower Moon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVladimir Nabokov's \u003cem\u003eLolita\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary investigation, \u003cem\u003eThe Real Lolita\u003c\/em\u003e tells Sally Horner's full story for the very first time. Drawing upon extensive investigations, legal documents, public records, and interviews with remaining relatives, Sarah Weinman uncovers how much Nabokov knew of the Sally Horner case and the efforts he took to disguise that knowledge during the process of writing and publishing \u003cem\u003eLolita.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSally Horner's story echoes the stories of countless girls and women who never had the chance to speak for themselves. By diving deeper in the publication history of \u003cem\u003eLolita \u003c\/em\u003eand restoring Sally to her rightful place in the lore of the novel's creation, \u003cem\u003eThe Real Lolita \u003c\/em\u003ecasts a new light on the dark inspiration for a modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeinman, Sarah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSarah Weinman is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Real Lolita: A Lost Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ean Unthinkable Crime, and\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ea Scandalous Masterpiece\u003c\/em\u003e, and the editor, most recently, of \u003cem\u003eUnspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit \u0026amp; Obsession\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a 2020 National Magazine Award finalist for reporting and a Calderwood Journalism Fellow at MacDowell, and her work has appeared most recently in \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e. Weinman writes the crime column for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692598071570,"sku":"9780062661937","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59ca814d-9467-4b35-8354-6d6ac1e637d3.jpg?v=1734128822","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-real-lolita-a-lost-girl-an-unthinkable-crime-and-a-scandalous-masterpiece-9780062661937","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}