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James McAllister

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James McAllister, well what can be said about him? Difficult, awkward and a raving loony are just a few of the words used to describe him. Add in reclusive and argumentative and you have the complete picture.

His debut novel follows his empathy with the downtrodden of the world, although the detailed instructions on how to destroy the Catholic Church was described by the Pope as 'a step too far'. The book 'iNation' is now on the curriculum in Quantico in the 'Cyber Warfare Defense' classes, although there is no record of the FBI buying a copy. His demands that the FBI pay the $7 download fee has gone unnoticed.

In line with his atheist views he has completely ignored the call by the Geeks of the World to be their leader, quoting 'it would ju
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Profane and yet? Sacred.

Somewhere between Burrough's squat in Tangier and Dublin's night alley where Joyce drunkenly urinates against a wall a rubbish bin lies overturned by Mailer hustling to take a whore to the big fight only to be cut by Hunter S's crew as he hobbles to Valetta.
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iNation

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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get stuffed get stuffed said: " The Sacred and the Profane.

Somewhere between Burrough's squat in Tangier and Dublin's night alley where Joyce drunkenly urinates against a wall a rubbish bin lies overturned by Mailer hustling to take a whore to the big fight only to be cut by Hunter
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“Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you;
Be true to your word and your work and your friend;
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you,
Nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.
James Jeffery Roche”
James McAllister, iNation

“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism”
Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking

“Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you;
Be true to your word and your work and your friend;
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you,
Nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.
James Jeffery Roche”
James McAllister, iNation

“I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.”
Horton Foote

“Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.”
Jo Nesbo

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