Nooners with a Book

"What are you reading?"

"Lolita."

"Is it good?"

"Yes."

"What's it about?"

"A man who has sex with a 12-year-old."

"Oh."

Still, I don't think my waitress spat in my food.

Where's the basic cultural literacy?

Young teacher, the subject
Of schoolgirl fantasies
She wants him, so badly
Knows what she wants to be

I've just finished Part I - Hummy and honey ensconced in Lepingville, waiting for the butterfly catchers to swarm, or Quilty to grow warm. I tried starting this a few months back by reading the editor's intro...there's a reason he's annotating and not writing. On restart, I'm thrilled with the verbal play (though still irritated by the annotation.) No review today. Review on completion.