About Hill Mole
Hill Mole is Chris Abraham's serialized confession novel, written in installments from 2005 to 2022 against an espionage backdrop in Washington, DC. All 309 entries are here at their original addresses.
History
- 1988
- Chris moves to Washington, DC for George Washington University.
- 1989–1990
- Works as a bike courier in DC. These years become the novel's raw material.
- 1990–1991
- Study abroad at the University of East Anglia's School of English and American Studies, Norwich. Spends every long weekend and break in Paris, taking the train and ferry, staying in hostels, and hosting a salon at Shakespeare and Company under George Whitman.
- Early 1991
- Two weeks in Kathmandu with his best mate, Mark, on cheap flights during Operation Desert Storm, exploring the jungles and foothills of the Kathmandu Valley.
- 1991–1992
- A year off in Hawaii learning French at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the year after spending every break in Paris without speaking a word of it.
- 1993
- Graduates from GW with a BA in American Literature, the last one the university awarded.
- May 13, 2005
- First entry, written in a basement apartment at 14th and A Streets SE.
- 2007–2010
- Lives in Berlin, still writing.
- 2011
- Drives around the country, then settles in Portland, Oregon.
- 2012
- Settles in South Arlington, off Columbia Pike.
- June 11, 2022
- Last entry.
- August 15, 2024
- Kindle edition published.
- October 4, 2026
- Ported from Movable Type CGI to GitHub Pages.
About the author
Chris Abraham came to Washington, DC in 1988 to study at George Washington University, set on becoming a senator after attending the Close Up government program at sixteen. He worked as a bike courier in the city in 1989 and 1990. He started Hill Mole in 2005 in a basement apartment at 14th and A Streets SE, and kept writing it through three years in Berlin, a drive around the country, and a year in Portland, Oregon. Since 2012 he has lived in South Arlington, off Columbia Pike. He loves the Pike more than humanly possible, which makes his jetset friends really sad.
He is at chrisabraham.com and on Substack.
Hill Mole is also a Kindle ebook: Hill Mole: Life is But a Dream: I Was Merely a Dupe and a Fool.