He realized that he agonized over everything all the time, and he admitted that part of the problem in the Carter game had been his own lack of belief in his abilities. He knew the reason why he was like this, that it was the price he paid for carefully watching out for himself ever since he had been a little boy. ‘I’ve never taken a chance in life,’ he said. ‘I need to run in front of traffic bucknacked and get arrested.

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