> slapdash comedian

> extraordinarily amusing

Nabokov is a genius but not once did i get this vibe ever, much darker, almost hopeless.

Dostoevsky is funny, but his humour is very subtle and can be easily lost in translation. And being funny and dark are not mutually exclusive things, there is a whole genre of tragicomedies, after all

All the “Amazon classics” have audible included which can make it go quickly. The dinner table conversation with a host which had consumption was quite amusing. Agree on darkness.