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Could a book like Nabokov's 1955 classic "Lolita" be published today?
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February 25th, 2017
Suppose that there was an author that wrote a novel with similar subject matter to Lolita – the 1955 classic by Nabokov that is now considered one of the 100 best books in American literature.
[Note that the book was highly controversial in the US in the 1950s; it had to be published in Europe first and only later was it published in the US.]
Assume that the subject matter was somewhat similar, for the sake of argument: older man infatuated by a young 12–13 year old.
Could such a book be published in the USA in 2017, given the current mood of the country and the theocratic influences on government? Or would it be censored and disallowed?
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