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EVANS TRIES ON 0-LEVEL

Colin Dexter

The story is an escape mystery, a thriller that takes the readers to a crescendo

to unearth the escapist's route out of a well-guarded prison where all efforts

have been made to thwart attempts of Evans, the jail bird, from breaking

away from the high security person. What comes as a great surprise in the

plot of the story is Evans' escape no doubt but also the element of mystery

that becomes intense as the escape is right under the nose of prison officials.

The comic element in the mystery gets highlighted when the officials

themselves escort the prisoner out of the jail. t times overdoing things and

also overlooking minor details, yet important ones, can backfire and this is

what e!actly happened in the plot.

"n one hand the well-e#uipped and efficient jail authorities laid out a fool-

proof network to keep Evans from breaking away but on the other hand wasthe prisoner himself who too had meticulously laid out for himself a fool-

proof plan that worked out well because of its threadbare handling and

above all with the help and involvement of an intelligent team good at

befooling others and seeing to the fact that their plan should not go awry.

Escape plan$ Evan%s escape strategy.

&et a tutor for &erman actually a friend and accomplice(

&et connected to other accomplices through tutor.

)lan made during the night with tutor's help. *it for +-evel &erman e!amination.

cleery, an accomplice, comes with escape plan after gagging the

real cleery )arson(.

The fake cleery brings an e!tra set of )arson's clothes by

wearing one over the other.

cleery leaves Evans dressed as him but with blood splattered all

over.

njured cleery Evans( says that he knows the escape plan.

/etective 0arter takes Evans in a chase of Evans himself

ostensibly(

Evans feigns having seen Evans on Elsfield way, knows number of

car, but says that he lost track at roundabout.

Evans tells 0arter to move on while he alights near the e!am

offices. 1rom there he escapes to 2otel &olden ion.

&overnor lands at &olden ion before Evans and nabs him there

but only to lose him once again.

)rison van in which Evans makes the finals escape has as its

occupants cleery and the other accomplices of Evans. Together

they make good their final escape.

Characters: (In Points)

Eans

Evans, the jail-break was a habitual, congenital 3leptomaniac, a

master planner, has intimate and reliable contacts, non-violent with a

pleasing personality, practical minded, outsmarts all with his

intelligence, analytic character judge, crafty schemer, has an e!cellentpsychological insight, far sighted and jolly natured.

!ac"son

acks intelligence, credulous, gullible, compassionate, careless4 in not

recogni5ing a stranger's voice posing as the &overnor's, moron, Evans

and 6ackson are 'warm enemies'.

#oernor

&ullible fool, a greater moron than 6ackson, hasty in his approach and

actions, fails to verify credentials of tutor, has great regard for Evans'

intelligence and presence of mind.

Ste$hens

7ewly recruited into the jail security, devoted to duty, deeply

conscientious but not mentally alert, negligent, hasty in actions.

%cleer&' the i$ersonator4

&ood impersonator, reliable friend, keeps his calm and has a strong

presence of mind, unruffled, gives intelligent answers.

)recautions taken by the &overnor

8emoval of all incriminating material from Evans, cell ra5or, nail-

clippers, nail file( *trict vigil, cell bugged

nvigilator frisked.

1acts overlooked

&erman tutor-antecedents left unverified.

)rivate tuition, bobble hat, assistant secretary e!amination( and

not the secretary gave the call for correction slip but no eyebrows

were raised.

*tephens taken out of the cell.

*tephens notices a thinner cleery but does nothing about it.

9lanket allowed to Evans.

&overnor drops Evans outside hotel and he moves away in another

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vehicle thus giving a second chance on the same day for him to

escape.