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Holding The Man (Popular Penguins)

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An amazingly true story of love, lust and heartbreak. A modest publishing of growing up gay during the Aids “crisis”. Once I picked up this book, I could not put it down! I would recommend everyone to read this emotional rollercoaster of a book especially those in the LGBTQ community.

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The mid-seventies: at an all-boys Catholic school in Melbourne, Timothy Conigrave falls wildly and sweetly in love with the captain of the football team. So begins a relationship that weathers disapproval, separation and, ultimately death. With honesty and insight Holding the Man explores the highs and lows of any partnership, and the strength of heart both men have to find when they test positive to HIV. This is a book as refreshing and uplifting as it is moving; a funny and sad and celebratory account of growing up gay.

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A remarkable achievement. With the Rolling Stones, Bryan Ferry, Violent Femmes, and INXS in the background, this memoir of a young man's coming of age at an all-boys Catholic High School is, above all, a stunning and engrossing love story." --Paul Breines, Boston College

"Amazingly more than the sum of its parts, a book to stir you up and knock you around and wring you out." --Peter Robb, Independent Monthly

"Full of candor, passion, and zest for life." --Leslie Cartwright, The Australia

Author Biography:

Timothy Conigrave was born in Melbourne in 1959 and educated at Xavier College and Monash University. He trained as an actor at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1984. He appeared in such plays as Brighton Beach Memoirs and As Is with The Fabulous Globos. He initiated the project Soft Targets, seen at Griffin Theatre in 1986. His other plays include Blitz Kids and Thieving Boy. Timothy Conigrave died in October 1994, shortly after completing his book Holding the Man.
Release date NZ
June 29th, 2009
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
304
Dimensions
115x182x19
ISBN-13
9780143202820
Product ID
2789392

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