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This exclusive recording includes 4 audio extras that are unique to the audiobook including interviews with Richards wife Catie and oncologist Dr Sharma

Very funny moving and heartwarming BOB MORTIMER

A bollockbuster ADAM BUXTON

If we are cowardly we are told to grow some
If were brave were said to have huge ones
If its cold they are liable to fall off even if youre a brass monkey
If were in trouble someone will threaten to break them
If we have to work hard we might very well bust them
If were in somebodys thrall then theyve got us by them

About fifteen years ago Richard Herring first took part in a campaign to encourage men to have a little nonsexual feel of their balls every now and again But it was embarrassing and weird and if there was something wrong he didnt want to know about it

Anyway that kind of stuff only happens to other people doesnt it

At the start of 2021 Richard Herring was diagnosed with testicular cancer For a man whose output includes a standup tour titled Talking Cock and who regularly interrogates our attitudes towards masculinity it was a diagnosis that came with additional layers of complexity

Telling Richs personal story alongside an exploration of what defines masculinity and maleness in society Can I Have My Ball Back is not your typical cancer memoir Whether theyre nuts bollocks 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