Mrs Palfrey At The ClaremontMrs Palfrey at the Claremont is, for me, her masterpiece Robert McCrum, Guardian, 'The Best 100 Novels' An author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth SARAH WATERS Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth Bowen soul sisters all ANNE TYLER On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and endlessly