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tenth book of 2024: “Pnin", by Vladimir Nabokov. Nice.


![the current Vintage International paperback cover of “Pnin” by Vladimir Nabovkov, as I read it:a black leather frame that is set on and shadows a white field contains a bow tie constructed of two or three pieces of maroon paper covered with the lowercase typewritten letters p, n, i, and n in repetitive 8 letter blocks is affixed to white board with sewing pins.and a strip of cream paper with “Pnin” typewritten below,](./112231536027923764.png)


eleventh book of 2024: "Trust", by Herman Diaz. ( [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58210933](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58210933))

Insulting to anarchists. "Obama liked this!" should have turned me away, but i was a fool.

Meh. Almost DNF'd about ⅔ of the way through but I'm on vacation and had an hour to slog through.

On the bright side, when I drop it off at one of those little free libraries maybe someone will have left a classic I can trade up for.


![The paperback cover of "Trust", by Hernan Diaz, as i read it, except my copy as the pulitzer prize winner seal on it.](./112242091280081953.jpeg)