Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve

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Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve
288 pages; Simon & Schuster
As we know, data analysis can be hit or miss when it comes to predicting elections—but can it illuminate literature? Nate Silver–esque number crunching meets the canon in this quirky, arresting deconstruction of literature's greatest hits.
— Hamilton Cain and Erin Vanderhoof