What Russian born novelist played nightly games of Cyrillic alphabet Scrabble while living on Lake Geneva?

McGruff

For a number of years Vladimir Nabokov and his wife Vera have been living in the resort town of Montreux at the eastern end of Lake Geneva. They occupy all the rooms overlooking the lake from the sixth floor, with one additional room on the far side of the corridor, recently rented for overflow books. When he is interviewed, Mr. Nabokov prefers to receive the questions in writing and respond in kind, a practice he followed here. Under "How do you work and relax?" An American friend gave us a Scrabble set in Cyrillic alphabet, manufactured in Newtown, Conn.; so we play skrebl for an hour or two after dinner. http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/02/lifetimes/nab-v-things.html Jun 28 07, 7:25 AM