The article has interesting things to say about Nabakov's "Pale Fire", but perhaps does not stress sufficiently that, like Dick's novels, it is very, very funny

The article has interesting things to say about Nabakov's "Pale Fire", but perhaps does not stress sufficiently that, like Dick's novels, it is very, very funny (and tragic); if you haven't read it (and others like "Lolita" and "Pnin" and his autobiographical work, "Speak Memory"), you owe it to yourself to do so! At the least, you will have some laughs.