A Bend in the Yellow River Dottoressa Moor Mr Baxter is ninety-four years

Mr Baxter is ninety-four years old when he falls down his staircase and grudgily finds himself resident at Melrose Gardens Retirement Home

Enter Randi Gill

The name the beleaguered inhabitants give to their 'sink' estate

and with more villains than a Clint Eastwood classic

Enquiries about the Matilda lead to further clues

A Bend in the Yellow River Dottoressa Moor Mr Baxter is ninety-four yearsA BEND IN THE YELLOW RIVER is a sympathetic and intelligent portrait of a once great civilisation in turmoil embracing the ideals of a market economy, but unable, or unwilling to jettison the past; of the effects of the Cultural Revolution, which left a large section of the population deprived of an education, of the devastation of the one child policy. Witty, quirky and touching, this is a stunning view of another way of life.