We Two Together: A Novel

In the 1960s, Freddie McNaughton falls in love with Paul, a beautiful boy at his single-sex Catholic public school. They bond over Walt Whitman's poem 'We Two Boys Together Clinging and believe their love has made them immortal. Despite struggles of faith, identity, and loyalty, their story has a happy ending.

Format: Hardback
Length: 376 pages
Publication date: 28 August 2023
Publisher: Troubador Publishing

Suddenly confronted by memories of his first great love, Freddie McNaughton recounts how, together, they surmounted all obstacles until fate intervened. Its 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 doesnt 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 Whitmans 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.

Suddenly confronted by memories of his first great love, Freddie McNaughton recounts how, together, they surmounted all obstacles until fate intervened. Its 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 doesnt 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 Whitmans 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.

Weight: 592g
Dimension: 222 x 147 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781803137643