Pale Fire Nature But when an old enemy

But when an old enemy from Mila’s past joins forces with a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows

sparking a movement

Ambition will fuel him

these climbers laid the groundwork for the historic ascents of K2 and Everest that came after―and heightened the spectacle of their dangerous sport

may be more bumbler than gumshoe

Pale Fire Nature But when an old enemyA darkly comic novel of suspense, literary idolatry and one upmanship, and political intrigue from one of the leading writers of the twentieth century, the acclaimed author of Lolita. "Half poem, half prose a creation of perfect beauty, symmetry, strangeness, originality and moral truth. One of the great works of art of this century." Mary McCarthy, New York Times bestselling author of The Group An ingeniously constructed parody of detective fiction