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Ultima Thule? Alders, mauve, “when I think of those I love…”(this book) echoing “whenever I start thinking of my love for a person… (Speak, Memory), and “process at work behind commonplace reality” and the “secret arranger of chance events” echoing all of Nabokov.

He’s so obviously influenced by VN, but I only see where he falls short. Maybe this isn’t his best book.

Is this guy consciously aping Nabokov? He’s doing a bad job of it.

Is this contemporary fiction? Confessional, sincere, no indication there’s a plot afoot, why is this person narrating?

Sounds very Nabokovian so far