Pedo File

The Writer's Almanac for today mentioned two important dates for fellow Slavophiles. In 1955, Lolita was published, a book that is both horrifying and beautiful and that solidified Nabokov's position in the cannon of American writers. It is also the birthday of the Polish film director, Roman Polanski, who fled the States after his arrest for the sexual abuse of a 13 year-old girl. While the crime has not prevented him from winning numerous awards, Polanski has not been back to the States for almost three decades. He was not as tenacious, but his behavior still resembles that of Humbert Humbert.