‘Go on, Freddie, tell the whole story. Remember that last night
when you were together. You knew then that your love had made you
both immortal: here’s your chance to tell it.’ Suddenly
confronted by memories of his first great love, Freddie McNaughton
recounts how, together, they surmounted all obstacles until fate
intervened. It’s the 1960s and the world is changing, identities
being redefined and loyalties challenged. At his single-sex
Catholic public school the volatile sixteen year-old Freddie is
discovering things about himself which he doesn’t know how to
handle. But falling in love with the beautiful Paul changes all
that: they bond, and dream of a life together. They adopt Walt
Whitman’s famous poem ‘We Two Boys Together Clinging’ which
becomes their ‘national anthem’. Their intensity spills over in
their response to art, music and poetry. Telling his story through
a series of letters written fifty years after the event and
discovered after his death, Freddie remembers the struggles that
they had to overcome: not least those of faith, identity and
loyalty. Yet, even as heartbreak lies in wait, this absorbing tale
does not have a tragic end: the two firmly believe that their love
for each other has made them immortal.
General
Imprint: |
Matador
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
James Lomax
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
376 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80313-764-3 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-80313-764-9 |
Barcode: |
9781803137643 |
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