Vladimir Nabokov

Laughter In The Dark - Penguin Books, Limited (UK) 2001 - 192 pages

Albinus - rich, married middle-aged and respectable - is an art critic and aspiring filmmaker who lusts after the coquettish young cinema usherette Margot. Gradually he seduces her and convinces himself he is irresistible to her, but Margot has other plans. She wants to be a film star, and when Albinus introduces her to the American movie producer Axel Rex, she sees her chance - and plotting, duplicity and tragedy ensue.

9780141186528

655689198

60016644

PG3476.N3

813.5