Early Years
Adams was born in Maryborough, Victoria, the only child of Congregational Church minister the Reverend Charles Adams.
His parents separated when he was young. He has written:
"Mother dumped in favour of a rather sleazy businessman ... a sociopath who tried to murder me ... I spent my latter part of my childhood trying to protect my mother from this psycho."
Of his education he has said: "I was forced to leave school before completing my secondary education and the only job I could get was working in advertising."
Adams joined the Communist Party at age 16, whilst employed in advertising, but left at age 19. He has often compared dogmatic belief in communism to dogmatic belief in Roman Catholicism.
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