Pnin Author:Vladimir Nabokov Timofey Pnin is a hapless professor at an American college - a 52-year-old Russian exile who love sunbathing but has yet to master English. Pnin is also a tireless lover who writes to his treacherous Liza, "A genius needs to keep so much in store, and thus cannot offer you the whole of himself as I do." In this unique novel, Pnin becomes the foc... more »al point of subtle academic conspiracies he cannot begin to comprehend, yet he stages a faculty party to end all faculty parties.« less