This book tells the true investigation process of a girl kidnapping case that shocked the world: In 1948, 11-year-old Sally Horner was kidnapped by a 53-year-old habitual child molester and forced to go on a 21-month "travel around the United States." This real-life incident is full of mystery and gripping, and inspired Nabokov to write the classic novel "Lolita".
Vladimir Nabokov firmly denied this during his lifetime, and the "Lolita prototype" has become one of the biggest public cases in the history of world literature.
"Lolita" has sold at least 60 million copies worldwide, but the real life of Sally Horner, who inspired the novel, has been forgotten by almost everyone. After years of continuous tracking, female journalist Sarah Weinman obtained files that were declassified in advance, and used legal documents, public records and interviews with Sally Horner's surviving relatives to reveal Nabokov's knowledge of the kidnapping case and his efforts to conceal his knowledge of the case in the process of writing and publishing "Lolita", and finally wrote the book "Lolita Prototype".
This book interweaves the suspenseful crime narrative, the impact of this incident on culture and society, and literary investigation. It presents the details of the Sally Horner kidnapping case to Chinese readers for the first time. It depicts Sally's tortured, abused, and attacked life in detail, showing the painful but strong life of an ordinary girl, echoing the stories of many girls and women who have been cruelly treated by men.
