What the H___? An interesting premise and chillingly told, once the author gets to it. But like other writings of the period (this was published in 1899), the author uses dashes to represent some words, like G__ or H___. And uses that tiresome affectation to name the prison and one of the characters. Why not just make up a name? It throws the rhythm off. The beginning is taken up with a long (for this book) narrative where two characters discuss the philosophy of prison reform, which was pretty boring and a bit abstruse.

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