Harrowing and Unsavory

thompete6
Jan 17, 2023
1 min read

Hearty thanks for kind comments--really, for bearing up under the onslaught--regarding Bughouse Blues. #Bughouse blues #Rhodes To Morocco.

Aye, 'twas a harrowing and unsavory passage, those 20 years (mostly summers) working on the back wards (criminal, adolescent, "acute," assaultive, suicidal, escape), filthy work, but someone had to do it.

I suppose you could say that about the Harrison Rhodes novels, but you don't have to read them. Thanks for wading in.

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