Holding The Man Film Tie In

Author: Timothy Conigrave; David Marr (Foreword by)

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  • : $23.00 AUD
  • : 9780143009498
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Australia
  • : May 2015
  • : 22.99
  • : August 2015
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  • : books

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  • : Timothy Conigrave; David Marr (Foreword by)
  • : Paperback
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Barcode 9780143009498
9780143009498

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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. 

Now a major feature film directed by Neil Armfield and starring Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Kerry Fox, Camilla Ah Kin and Sarah Snook with Guy Pearce and Anthony LaPaglia. 

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 bestselling memoirexplores 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. 

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'A monumentally loved book: just mention its title and it's enough to trigger off a wave of people's recollections of first reading it and the emotional toll it took on them . . . an Australian classic.' Benjamin Law. 'Sitting on the plane crying my eyes out at the end of this book ... Honestly, I can't beg you all enough to read this. It's the most incredible thing I've ever read. Life changing.' Sam Smith. 'Full of compassion, candour and zest for life.' The Australian. 'A fine, tender and sexy book.' David Marr. 'Amazingly more than the sum of its parts, a book to stir you up and knock you around and wring you out.' Peter Robb. 'A charming love story.' Herald Sun