"But you stupid idiot!" shouted Mister Morehouse, madly shaking a thin book beneath the agent's nose.

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Instead, I imagined him calling the policeman a stupid idiot, a spineless coward, a sadist, a bastard, and I imagined the shock of the policemen the chief staring openmouthed, the other cellmates stunned at the audacity of the boy from the university.

NEWYORKER: Cell One