Yeah the Boys

A$35 · Offered by Harry Hartog Rare Books

'Holden Sheppard writes luscious books. His latest novel is a cracker' -The Australian 'timely, punchy and gruffly entertaining, bellowing its cry for gay men to be accepted for who they are' - Daniel Herborn, ABC Books 'Gritty, tragic, heartbreaking' - Readings 'rambunctious' - Saturday Paper 'punchy, powerful and thought-provoking' - Star Observer A bold, propulsive novel about male friendship and masculinity, set in the world of Holden Sheppard's bestselling debut Invisible Boys. Seven years after escaping their rural hometown, the boys - Charlie, Zeke and Hammer - are back, though not as we left them. Charlie's fighting spirit has faded as he's struggled to make it as a punk musician in Perth. The opening of a new gay bar by Curtis and Ahmed, an older gay couple who have become Charlie's mentors, offers him a different way to make his mark - but the bar's opponents have other ideas. Zeke is lost. He knows what he stands against - the closeted life and conventional success his strict Italian parents demanded of him - but doesn't know what he stands for. He surprises himself by joining a gay footy team: is it the mistake his friends think it is, or will playing footy finally give him what he's always wanted? Hammer has it all - fame and fortune as a star football player - or so he thinks. He's still closeted, and can't stand the AFL stuffing diversity initiatives like Pride Round down everyone's throats, especially his. But when he opens his mouth, he ignites a furore that

• Binding: Hardcover

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