William Wagner Bird spent his life collecting lost souls-dispossessed immigrants, lonely old ladies, and the simply half-mad-to live in his London boarding-house. But when he dies, the true intent of his work is revealed in his diary. Bird had been watching them all closely, keeping notes on their sad and peculiar circumstances. And then there's the matter of his will, in which he leaves the house to the two tenants who most despise each other, the petty thief Mr. Studdy and the equally nasty Nurse Clock.
"A startling import from England, this multi-pronged fancy concerning the fates of lonely middle-aged waifs in a London boarding house tunes the irony so fine, that both high humor and insidious horror are achieved seemingly without effort."
Kirkus Reviews
"Trevor has the knack of slicing life so that it reveals lower layers we have not suspected."
Daily Mail
"He tells you the most outrageous things in a most pleasant manner, hardly ever raising his voice."
