The comedian and author of The Problem with Men delivers a wise and witty account of his diagnosis with testicular cancer and how the news has impacted on his complex opinions on modern masculinity.
At the start of 2021 Richard Herring was diagnosed with testicular cancer. For a man whose output includes a stand up tour titled 'Talking Cock' and who regularly interrogates our attitudes towards masculinity, it was a diagnosis that came with additional layers of complexity.
Mixing Rich's personal story alongside what defines masculinity and 'maleness' in society, Can I Have My Ball Back? is not your typical cancer memoir. Whether they're nuts, or bollocks, or gonads, or family jewels; from the phrase 'grow some balls' to infamous WWII songs about Hitler; Rich unpicks the tangle of emotions around his own testing times.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780751585766
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 531 g
Dimensions: 236 x 158 x 32 mm
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