They gathered for a confabulation and, having established t… - Mark Forsyth

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They gathered for a confabulation and, having established that secure psychiatric care was beyond their means, they turned in despair to the publishing industry, which has a long history of picking up where social work leaves off.

Mark Forsyth

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