# The Defense

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- Book: [The Defense](https://www.bookquiver.com/vladimir-nabakov/the-defense) ([The Defense.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vladimir-nabakov/the-defense.md))
- Authors: [Vladimir Nabakov](https://www.bookquiver.com/vladimir-nabakov)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7972-722-4
- Pages: 272
- Published: 1990-08-11
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Nabokov's third novel, The Luzhin Defense, is a chilling story of obsession and madness. As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and...