BWBC 24: No Escape

Two stories this week, by the assholes Leon Bloy and Vladimir Nabokov.

Both stories are about the futility of escape, and that no matter how far you travel some places will never let you go and you’ll forever be trapped within their borders. Both stories, while quite enjoyable, have a sketchy quality that suggests better stories than they actually deliver. This isn’t that much of a problem, and the Bloy story in particular made me interested in reading more by him.

“The Captives of Lon...