Holding the Man

The beloved queer love story as a beautiful clothbound hardback, part of the Penguin Modern Australian Classics series

In the mid-seventies at an all-boys Catholic school in Melbourne, Timothy Conigrave fell wildly and sweetly in love with the captain of the football team. So began a relationship that was to last for fifteen years, a love affair that weathered disapproval, separation and, ultimately, death.Plt;brPgt;With honesty and insight, ConigraveP#8217;s memoir explores the highs and lows of any partnership: the intimacy, constraints and temptations. And the strength of heart both men had to find when they tested positive to HIV. As uplifting as it is moving, Plt;iPgt;Holding the ManPlt;/iPgt; is a funny, sad and celebratory account of growing up gay, and a powerful love story.