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.

A leading German scholar reveals the secret history of Nabokov's infamous novel.

“Maar’s discovery is so astonishing that you would need to have firmly opted for ignorance to maintain it was unimportant.”
—Daniel Kehlmann, from the preface