Holding the Man

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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.
With honesty and insight, Conigrave'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, Holding the Man is a funny, sad and celebratory account of growing up gay, and a powerful love story.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9781761620584
Published: July 2026

Number of pages: 304
Width: 137 mm
Height: 206 mm
Depth: 30 mm

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia