An inmate gets ready for the staff/patient dance, the source of feverish excitement beforehand and despondency afterwards (Getty) |
Not far from London is a high-security psychiatric hospital that has held some of Britain's most violent criminals. The novelist Patrick McGrath grew up there—and loved it...
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What an amazing story...and so well told...I was captivated.
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I have added Patrick to my reading list...I'm sure his novels have much to offer.