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.
- ISBN10 0892553693
- ISBN13 9780892553693
- Publish Date 31 August 2012 (first published 27 January 1983)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Persea Books Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 238
- Language English