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After an unplanned admission to a nursing home, Mr. Scobie must protect himself and his dreams from the soul-killing proprietress, Matron Price. Playing Brahms and reciting Wordsworth is not enough. Yet his very simple riddle and its ordinary answer may change the institution forever. Can a voice calling for dignity be heard? "A satire of great verve and acerbity" (New York Times Book Review), comparable to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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Elizabeth Jolley (1923-2007) is one of Australia's most celebrated writers, with a formidable international reputation, and during the 1980s and 1990s was widely acclaimed with a wide readership in the U. S. Born in England in 1923, she was brought up in a strict, German-speaking household and attended a Quaker boarding school. She became a nurse, married, and with three children moved to Western Australia in 1959. Although she wrote all her life, it was not until she was in her fifties that her books started to receive the recognition they deserved. Her work won every major award in Australia, and was several times selected as a New York Times Notable Book. Excerpts from her novels (including Cabin Fever, Book 2 in the Trilogy) were published in The New Yorker. Her novels include The Sugar Mother, Foxybaby, Miss Peabody's Inheritance, and Mr. Scobie's Riddle. Elizabeth Jolley died in 2007.
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Mr. Scobie's Riddle
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Penguin Books, Ringwood, 1984
ISBN 10: 014006656X
ISBN 13: 9780140066562
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Pictorial Wraps. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. Front cover blurb: "Winner of The Age Book of the Year Award". Cover illustration by John Burge. A Penguin Original. Mass market paperback. Printed in Australia. Very slight shelfwear, former owner's neat ink name to first page, otherwise a very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 226pp. SB-99. Nº de ref. del artículo: 034619
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Mr Scobie's Riddle
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Penguin Books Australia, Ringwood, Victoria, 1983
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Mr Scobie's Riddle
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Librería: Lily Books, Armidale, NSW, Australia
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Soft cover. Condición: Good. Tanning of pages. Scratches on covers due to shelf wear. Original price sticker back cover. Mr. Scobie's admission to a nursing home offers a severe challenge to its domineering proprietress, Matron Hyacinth Price. Nº de ref. del artículo: 000235
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Librería: Archive, Sth Hobart, TAS, Australia
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Mr. Scobie's Riddle
Librería: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
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Paperback. '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. 1983, First edition. A very good copy only marked by light age tanning of the pages and a previous owners details on the first page. Nº de ref. del artículo: 20346200
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Mr Scobie's Riddle [An Australian Original].
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Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1983
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Librería: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
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1st ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. 226 pp. This unusual award-winning Australian novel by Elizabeth Jolley is a satire about nursing homes. Mr Scobie's arrival at the dysfunctional nursing home of St Christopher and St Jude, run erratically by Matron Price, changes lives. A very simple riddle, plus nephew Hartley and a group of nocturnal poker players, ultimately lead to change in the establishment. The author was a former nurse. Nº de ref. del artículo: 24728
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Soft Cover. Condición: F-. First Edition. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & creased, occ. spots & marks); pp. [xiv (last blank)], 226. A near fine copy. Nº de ref. del artículo: 036940
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