While reading John Lanchester's article regarding the publication of Vladimir Nabokov's unfinished novel The Original of Laura (Dying Is Fun) (article requires log in for full review--http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23491), I was quite interested in this following quote Lanchester cites from Michael Wood's book The Magician's Doubts: Nabokov and the Risks of Fiction. This quote about the difference between a writer's signature and a writer's style: [. . .]