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Adam Mayle

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in The United States

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Influences

Evelyn Waugh; Kingsley Amis; and Oddball.

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August 2007

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Adam Mayle has published numerous articles and essays. He has also sung “Love Shack” with a member of the B-52s, been given a box of cigars by Fidel Castro, and was nearly eaten by vampires in Poland. "Mother Land" is his first novel. ...more

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	Mother Land 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Failed States by Adam Mayle (Goodreads Author), Allison Meierding (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Total business awareness: The corporate contracting behind John Poindexter's Total Information Awareness Program. (The Business of War).: An article from: Multinational Monitor by Adam Mayle (Goodreads Author), Alex Knott 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Why do they make you work so hard for unemployment?” “I don’t know, babe. It’s a shame you can’t get something for absolutely nothing.”
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“More trailer park than Hershey Park, more Five Points than Six Flags, it was a lot like Dorney Park.”
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