{"product_id":"the-quest-for-corvo-1952-folio-society-52","title":"The Quest For Corvo (1952)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Quest for Corvo by A.J.A. Symons. Introductions by Sir Norman Birkett and Sir Shane Leslie. 6 pages of collotype plates. Quarter-bound in black buckram with light grey boards blocked with a design in dark grey and red. White dust-jacket printed in red. 289pp. 22.7x15.3cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Quest for Corvo by A. Symons is an unusual and highly regarded literary biography centred on Frederick Rolfe, the eccentric English writer who styled himself Baron Corvo. Rather than presenting a conventional biography, Symons describes his own attempt to discover who Rolfe really was, following clues through letters, acquaintances and surviving records. As the investigation develops, Rolfe emerges as a gifted but deeply difficult figure: proud, suspicious, ambitious and frequently at odds with those around him.  The result is part biography, part detective story and part study of obsession, making The Quest for Corvo one of the most distinctive works of literary biography of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216354722131,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421089939795,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/the-quest-for-corvo-1952-folio-society-52","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}