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Lyle Closs

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in Australia

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction

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Kerouac, Miller, Sholokov, Lermontov, Tolstoy, Yeats, Conrad, Faulkner ...more

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I started writing when I was 15, about the time I started climbing. I have written and published four books on Amazon: articles on climbing and mountaineering; a Western; a historical fiction about Tasmanian convict cannibals; and a non-fiction about an expedition to K2. Now focusing on literary fiction.

I read history and literature. My favourite books include Lermontov's A Hero of our Time, Tolstoy's The Cossacks, Kerouac's On the Road, Miller's Black Spring, Dick's The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and Sholokov's And Quiet Flows the Don.

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Hidden Wounds is a literary late life love story if you can excuse the alliteration.

Head Wounds is a novella describing a polar bear attack and the horrifying aftermath.

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	K2 North Ridge 1990: 1990 Mountaineering ascent of K2 North Ridge 4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cannibal Trail it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The cannibal trail: A Tasmanian convict's cruel, brutal journey - eight escaped but only one could survive... 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Climbing glass: Climbing and mountaineering articles from five decades 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Hidden Wounds: A love too late

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