Mr Scobie's Riddle Mr Scobie's Riddle

Mr Scobie's Riddle

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Publisher Description

'Startlingly good... It divines riddles of mortality.' The Age
Mr Scobie's arrival at the nursing home of St Christopher and St Jude – and descent into the clutches of Matron Hyacinth Price – is accidental. Adrift in his own memories but preserving a gentle politesse, Mr Scobie stands apart from the others.
For long-term resident and eccentric, Miss Hailey, he represents a kindred spirit; for Matron Price – a lady of questionable practices – the latest victim.
This bleakly comic investigation of old age, exile and displacement shows Elizabeth Jolley at her finest. It is written with wry humour, melancholy and great warmth.
Winner of The Age Book of the Year 1993.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2010
1 March
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
240
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Random House Australia
SELLER
Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd
SIZE
6.6
MB

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