The Spectre of Alexander Wolf'A tantalising mystery a mesmerising work of literature' Antony Beevor 'Truly troubling, a weird meditation on death, war and sex' Paris Review A superb early postmodern classic by one of Nabokov's fellow migr writers, rediscovered after more than half a century A man comes across a short story which recounts in minute detail his killing of a soldier, long ago from the victim's point of view. It's a story that should not exist, and whose author can