Mr Scobie's Riddle
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A darkly comic novel set in a run-down Australian nursing home, Mr Scobie's Riddle chronicles the story of elderly Mr Scobie, a gentle and bewildered man who finds himself reluctantly admitted to the St Christopher and St Jude nursing home, a place run with cold efficiency and quiet exploitation. Elizabeth Jolley presents an unflinching portrait of ageing, institutional neglect, and the small dignities that survive within dehumanising systems. With her characteristic blend of mordant wit and lyrical prose, Jolley illustrates the resilience of the human spirit against bureaucratic indifference and the slow erasure of identity. Winner of The Age Book of the Year Award, this celebrated Australian novel stands as one of the most powerful and compassionate examinations of old age and mortality in contemporary literature.
Author: Elizabeth Jolley
Format: Paperback
Published: 1985, Penguin
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A darkly comic novel set in a run-down Australian nursing home, Mr Scobie's Riddle chronicles the story of elderly Mr Scobie, a gentle and bewildered man who finds himself reluctantly admitted to the St Christopher and St Jude nursing home, a place run with cold efficiency and quiet exploitation. Elizabeth Jolley presents an unflinching portrait of ageing, institutional neglect, and the small dignities that survive within dehumanising systems. With her characteristic blend of mordant wit and lyrical prose, Jolley illustrates the resilience of the human spirit against bureaucratic indifference and the slow erasure of identity. Winner of The Age Book of the Year Award, this celebrated Australian novel stands as one of the most powerful and compassionate examinations of old age and mortality in contemporary literature.