Lolita by Vladamir Nabokov

"Don't stand. Don't stand so. Don't stand so close to me." During Nabakov's first person novel from the perspective of a pedophile, those Police lyrics which eventually reference the story kept playing in my mind. Maybe it's because I didn't quite catch on to the style and humor of the author.

I think it's very brave of Nabokov to place himself in the shoes of a personality in which society finds not only immoral, but outright disgusting. He did an excellent job as well. The pedophile tries to justify his actions, calling it true love. Although at first glance you may think the author is on the side of the pedophile, he shows the abusive nature of the relationship; the pedophile becomes very possessive and even desperate at times when he feels he lost control.

I don't have anything else to say about that.