Thursday, September 27, 2012

A BOY'S OWN BROADMOOR

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...

Read the story at  More Intelligent Life

1 comment:

  1. What an amazing story...and so well told...I was captivated.
    What a brave & compassionate man Patrick's father was.
    I have added Patrick to my reading list...I'm sure his novels have much to offer.

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