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The Crying Room
1997 Nominated

The Crying Room

Chris McLeod

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

A collection of short stories in which the author explores the inner spaces of relationships, desire, loss and self.

Concerned primarily with the shifting ground between men and women and within families, the collection is by turns romantic,

ironic and blackly humorous.

Chris McLeod

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Chris
McLeod

Chris McLeod is a former newspaper journalist and executive. He is an author and researcher for floggerblogger.com with an interest in sport, transport and mystery. His bookazines include World’s Best Golf Courses, World’s Best Trains, Elite Special Forces and Unsolved – terror crimes and accidents.
Chris McLeod is a former newspaper journalist and executive. He is an author and researcher for floggerblogger.com with an interest in sport, transport and mystery. His bookazines include World’s Best Golf Courses, World’s Best Trains, Elite Special Forces and Unsolved – terror crimes and accidents.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Australia
Author
Chris McLeod
Publisher
Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Nominating Library
Kerrinyap Public Library, Perth - Australia

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