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  <name><![CDATA[Evan Wright]]></name>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/89283.Evan_Wright]]></link>
  <fans-count type="integer">19</fans-count>
  <followers-count type="integer">22</followers-count>
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  <about><![CDATA[That &quot;author's photo&quot; of me is an illustration done by my friend Hawk Krall, an awesome artist from Philly.   

I had an odd path to writing which I describe in the first chapter of Hella Nation. 

I am best known for Generation Kill, the book and then the mini-series on HBO for which I worked with Wire creator David Simon.

I believe in the supreme, amazing power of books and words, especially those written on paper. I love movies and co-wrote the mini series version of Generation Kill, but books are more vivid to me than films. Books offer a transformative experience, more often than films do.

I occasionally write book reviews for the Los Angeles Times, and in these I am critical. On this site, I only rate or review books that I like. 

On my list of literary influences I have three Brit writers--each of the same generation and roughly similar background--Waugh, Isherwood, Greene. I admire the clarity of their prose, as well as their reserve. They also traveled to war zones, or other dangerous spots, but didn't posture as tough guys (as their American counterparts tended to back in the day). They were just smoking hot writers. 

In other regards, I am a total anglophobe.  For instance, I believe most British pop music made since 1980 is totally overrated and is atrocious. This point has nothing to do with books, but it is an important autobiographical detail. 
   ]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Herodotus, Mark Twain, Evelyn Waugh, Christopher Isherwood, Graham Greene, A. J. Liebling, Elmore Leonard, Charles Bukowski ]]></influences>    <hometown>Cleveland, Ohio.</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Generation Kill]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Evan Wright]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>980</ratings_count>
  <published>2004</published>  
  
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        <book id="6013435">
  <title><![CDATA[Hella Nation: Looking for Happy Meals in Kandahar, Rocking the Side Pipe, Wingnut's WarAgainst the GAP, and Other Adventures with the Totally Lost Tribes of America]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Evan Wright]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.64</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>94</ratings_count>
  <published>2009</published>  
  
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        <book id="874197">
  <title><![CDATA[Spring Broke]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Evan Wright]]></name>
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    </author>
        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Steve Appleford]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/559470]]></link>
    </author>
        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Evan Wright]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1602235]]></link>
    </author>
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  <average_rating>3.25</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <published>2004</published>  
  
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