Laughter in the Dark
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
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 that 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….Read More
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