The Quest for Corvo
Author(s): A.J.A. Symonds
One summer afternoon A.J.A. Symons is handed a peculiar novel called Hadrian the Seventh and, captivated by this forgotten masterpiece, determines to learn everything he can about its mysterious author. Symons proceeds as a detective might, investigating leads, collecting evidence and corresponding with witnesses. The object of his search is Frederick Rolfe, the self-appointed Baron Corvo - artist, rejected candidate for priesthood and author of serially autobiographical fictions - and its story is told in The Quest for Corvo- a dazzling portrait of an insoluble tangle of talents, frustrated ambitions, arrogance and paranoia.
The book, which reads with all the excitement of detective fiction, is at once a literary pilgrimage and reflection on the obsessions and deceptions which lie at the heart of biography.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : UNKNOWN
- : 0.202
- : 01 March 2018
- : 2.4 Centimeters X 12.9 Centimeters X 19.6 Centimeters
- : 01 April 2018
- : books
Special Fields
- : A.J.A. Symonds
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 928.2
- : 261
- : BGL