Re: Nabokov.
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 14:37:36 +1000
> Can anyone tell me which book Sting (of the
> Police) refers to in "Don't Stand So Close To Me" when he says:
>
> "It's no use
> He sees her
> He starts to shake and cough
> Just like the
> Old man in
> That book by Nabokov."
I thought this was one of those `The Ants Are My Friends' by Bob Dylan
dealies, when I first read it (: I think Matthew's right, Humbert Humbert
would
certainly fit in with the theme of the song, although I don't remember him
doing any coughing. Although I guess at a stretch it could be Pnin (but I
don't know that Sting knows that much about Russio-American literature)
To give you an idea of the government us Australians are living in at
the moment, the Prime Minister said in an interview this week (there are
many at the moment as there's a goddamned election on at the moment - and
yes, in Australia, voting is *compulsory*) that he
likes Bob Dylan - but only the music. He doesn't care much for the
lyrics!?! (: or should that be 0;!
And you Yanks thought you had problems! (:
Camille
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