Author(s): Elizabeth Jolley

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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. This bleakly comic investigation of old age, exile and displacement shows Jolley at her finest.