I know Humbert which his handsome european looks and a (finally) shaved chest is the culprit,but Nabakov's skill is to tell us the story through the lustful,moaning,miserable,misanthropic (for anyone not a cherubim) eyes of Humbert such that we get enticed by the story- get carried away through all the Highways of the US and see visions of young America seducing old Europe ( I know you see old Europe seducing the young american continent) but thats what is amazing about the book