Holding_the_Man

Published in the USA + Canada by Cuttyhunk / Landsdown Books under license from Penguin Group (Australia).
Cuttyhunk Books typeset and cover design by Eric Mulder
Cover Photo © Copyright 2006 by Heidi Anglesey, iStockphoto.com

HOLDING THE MAN - THE PLAY
Links to the critically and popularly acclaimed
play adapted by Tommy Murphy and directed
by David Berthold will be restored very soon.

Sometimes there are second acts. When in high school Timothy Conigrave falls in love with
the captain of the football team, John Caleo, the two embark on a passionate journey of love,
betrayal and forgiveness. This bestselling true story is at once sexy, romantic, funny and sad
- a masterpiece of authentic emotion that you won't forget. Now an international hit play
adapted by Tommy Murphy, Holding the Man is a book for all readers, for all generations.

"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

"A celebration of life and an act of expiation. Conigrave is a writer of economy and
grace, presenting unforgettable snapshots of life, love and longing. This memoir will
last as an important evocation of an exhilarating but often painful period in time."

- James Aloisi, author of Magic in the Air

"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