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American Prospect, The, January, 2002 by Parker, James
A YOUNG MAN NAMED Anthony, inmate of an Arizona mental hospital, says a friendly good-bye to his psychiatrist and then prepares to shin down the wall on a rope of knotted sheets. Anthony's stay at the hospital has been voluntary; but, as he explains to his psychiatrist, he must pretend that he is escaping for the benefit of his friend Dignan, who is waiting--small, blond, and highly charged--in some shrubbery on the edge of the grounds.
"He's got this whole escape thing worked out, and he's just so excited about it," says Anthony. "I mean, look how excited he ...
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