Synopsis
This novel was considered too subversive and libellous to publish until long after Rolfe's death, but it is now ranked among the finest novels of the early twentieth century.
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Review
'Interweaves a nightmare and a day-dream... Terrifying' W.H. Auden; 'Written from the devil's side' Graham Greene
About the Author
Frederick Rolfe has written perverse yet classic accounts of his life which have drawn bestselling writers such as Graham Greene, W.H. Auden and A.S. Byatt to him. His love for Venice was such that he could not bear to leave it even though he was penniless during the years he wrote this book, was shunned by Italians and English alike and died. Andrew Eburne is a don at St Catherine's College Oxford.
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THE DESIRE AND PURSUIT OF THE WHOLE.
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Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. 297 pages. The first complete edition of this book which was first published in 1934 in an edited format. This new edition is edited and with an introduction by Andrew Eburne and a preface by John Bayley. A clean near fine copy with some of the typical toning to the pages and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. A very pleasing copy. Seller Inventory # 212745
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hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First THUS. Publisher: Quartet Books, London, 1993. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. Originally published in 1934. This is the First Complete Edition, First Printing. As new. Unread. Pristine. Seller Inventory # 2308130001