It's not the first time anyone has used that Vlad the Impaler line. Anthony Lane did the same thing in his New Yorker review of Collected Stories.
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Steve Diedrich
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In a message dated 2/23/09 1:32:40 PM, fet@MARSHALL.EDU writes:
To whom it may concern:
II vehemently protest the title of this (otherwise interesting) Alexander Nemser* review.
Whatever one's literary persuasion is, Nemser has no right to compare Nabokov to (historical) Count Dracula even in jest.
If this is sense of Mr Nemser's humor, I suggest a title for a Pasternak review: "Boris Good-Enough".
Not funny, not appreciated, and probably an apology is due for a very bad taste.
Victor Fet,
Victor, The title may not have been Nemser's. The titles of articles in magazines and newspapers are often by an editor, not by the auther of the article. Steve Diedrich
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