DespairBy: Vladimir Nabokov Series: Penguin Modern Classics 'A work of rapture jolting, hilarious and incredibly racy' Martin Amis, The Times Self satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann is perhaps not to be taken too seriously. But then a chance meeting with Felix, a man he believes to be his double, reveals a frightening 'split' in Hermann's nature. Convinced that he has found his doppelgnger, Hermann uses this