Strangers In Between
by Tommy Murphy

Strangers In Between Book Cover
Strangers In Between Cover

Synopsis

"Strangers in Between" -- There's a climate of fear in friendly Goulbourn and Shane is forced from his family, and flees to Kings Cross.

A lost boy in a loopy neighbourhood, Shane is unsure of his sexuality, more unsure of how to find intimacy and completely thrown by having to choose between laundry liquid and powder.

He meets two strangers -- the very-Sydney Will, who offers brotherhood, sex and something unexpected; and the beguiling Peter, a 50-year-old gay man whose mother is dying in a nursing home.

After Shane's brother Ben makes a baffling appearance, a surprising relationship is forged.

A relationship that will cleanse and heal.

This is a warm, insightful and funny coming-of-age story with endearing characters and very well-observed dialogue from one of Australia's most talented emerging playwrights.

"Holding the Man" - "Holding the Man" is breathtakingly honest, achingly funny and a completely heart-wrenching account of a fifteen year relationship that weathered disapproval, separation, temptation and, ultimately, death.

It's a story, and a celebration, that speaks across generations, sexual preference and cultures.

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Publication

Year Published
2006
ISBN 10
0868197963
ISBN 13
9780868197968
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
192 pages
Place Published
Sydney
Language
English
LCC
PR9619.4.M805 S77 2006
DCC
822.92
Print
Strangers In Between is a Australian and New Zealand play written by and published by Currency Press in Sydney, 2006. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780868197968 and an ISBN-10 of 0868197963.

Rating

4.24 out of 5

from 18 ratings and 3 reviews

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