{"product_id":"9780940322615","title":"The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSymons, A.J.A.; Byatt, A. S.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNYRB Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/31\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eOne day in 1925 a friend asked A. J. A. Symons if he had read Fr. Rolfe's \u003ci\u003eHadrian the Seventh\u003c\/i\u003e. He hadn't, but soon did, and found himself entranced by the novel -- \"a masterpiece\"-- and no less fascinated by the mysterious person of its all-but-forgotten creator. \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for Corvo\u003c\/i\u003e is a hilarious and heartbreaking portrait of the strange Frederick Rolfe, self-appointed Baron Corvo, an artist, writer, and frustrated aspirant to the priesthood with a bottomless talent for self-destruction. But this singular work, subtitled \"an experiment in biography,\" is also a remarkable self-portrait, a study of the obsession and sympathy that inspires the biographer's art.","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374828388607,"sku":"9780940322615","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780940322615_s600x595.jpg?v=1782146570","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780940322615","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}