Lolita

Snoozeweek has a weekly feature in its magazine that asks critically-acclaimed authors to list their most favorite literary titles. Time and time again, across a varied cross-section of famous writers, Vladmir Nabokov's Lolita makes the list. Considering the book is about a 40-something man seducing a twelve year old girl, I took the book as a pedophile voyeur's wet dream and never deigned to read it. But the literary value of this book must be immense to so effectively eclipse its chosen subject matter.

So I'm reading it right now. More to come when I finish.