Nabokov's 17th and last novel, Look at the Harlequins is a wry anti-autobiography, but even after decades of research, scholars are still debating the question of how much it is informed by Nabokov's own controversial life. Focussing on author Vadim's tumultuous love affair with his four wives and his muse, Dementia, Look at the Harlequins asks the reader to decide where the line between the real and the fictitious should be drawn. As the two mingle and become indistinguishable, it is we who are the harlequins, dancing for the writer's amusement, but still delighting in every moment of it. | Look At The Harlequins by Vladimir Nabokov, Paperback | Indigo Chapters