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Tim Willocks

Tim Willocks is a doctor specializing in the treatment of addictions. ‘The Penitentiary’ (Granta 46) is taken from his novel, Green River Rising (Jonathan Cape, 1995).

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The Penitenitary

Tim Willocks

‘A million man-years of confinement had burnished the surface of the granite flags to a greasy smoothness ingrained deeply with filth and despair.’

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