Holding the Man
$27.99
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2026
Summary
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 lo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761620584 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761620584 |
| Author: | Timothy Conigrave |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 452g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 137mm x 206mm |
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Timothy Conigrave
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.
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