I read LOLITA when it first came out in a U.S. paperback
edition, a Fawcett Crest book, I think. First cousin to a
Gold Medal. Unlike Richard Moore, I still have the copy I
bought back around 1959, when I was a freshman in college. I
bought the book because I thought it was going to be a hot
stuff, and I guess it was, but what I remember most was my
surprise at discovering what a wonderful novel it was and,
most of all, how funny it was. Humor's a very personal thing.
Someone once told me that there are two types of people in
the world: those who like the Three Stooges and those who
don't. I happen to know which group Richard Moore belongs to,
and while LOLITA isn't exactly the Stooges, I found it quite
funny, even as a kid.
Bill Crider
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