''Adams Fall'' is writer Sean Desmond's first novel. It recounts the events which occur to a college student in his senior year at

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University. In the midst of completing his thesis and applying for a study abroad program, the narrator copes with his stresses by resorting to alcohol and other drugs. Adams House, a real HouseAdams House - History
Accessed 12/06/2006. at Harvard, features prominently in the novel; the author is himself a Harvard graduate. The novel was the (loose) basis for the 2002 film ''

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'' starring

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