“It is extraordinarily alive … The book remains a clear and definite book of our epoch, not to be swept aside.” – D.H. Lawrence“One of the most extraordinary achievements in English literature.” – A.J.A. Symons“Frederick Rolfe alias Baron Corvo is certainly one of the most fascinating of those various literary curiosities of England.” – Saturday ReviewFrederick William Rolfe, who styled himself “Baron Corvo” and who published under the slightly misleading abbreviati...

“[F]antastic and altogether striking . . . brilliant . . . the effect of the whole is of undoubted skill. There is an altogether remarkable mastery over words, an altogether notable ability to enter into the ruling spirit of the period, a decided power of consistent characterisation. … It is a full-blooded book—full, too, of the joy of life.” – The Outlook“It has the irresponsible high spirits of the youth of the world.” – Daily Mail“A homosexually-heated and obsessionally-...