Can't we explain away the "sloppiness" very simply, by supposing that Quilty's real name is some other surname that begins with the letter Q?

Mike Donohue



Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:57:00 -0400
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Subject: [NABOKV-L] THOUGHTS re: "My Cue"
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I must say I long ago noticed the point about "My Cue" being supposedly
real and "Quilty" being supposedly peudonymous. I am afraid I did
wonder whether this was just VN being a bit sloppy. When one takes into
account Brian Boyd's argument that VN simply made a mistake about the
famous 56 days, might this not be the case here too?

Anthony Stadlen

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