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Holding

The instant bestseller from the author of FRANKIE
By Graham Norton
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Holding: Graham Norton's beloved, best-selling debut novel 'Deeply accomplished, with brilliantly observed, entertaining characters and an atmospheric setting'GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'A beautiful piece of writing'KATHY BURKE 'A gripping, humane drama'SUNDAY TIMES The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama; and yet its inhabitants are troubled.... Read More
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Graham Norton's wonderfully perceptive debut novel, a story of love, secrets and loss and an instant Sunday Times bestseller

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Holding: Graham Norton's beloved, best-selling debut novel

'Deeply accomplished, with brilliantly observed, entertaining characters and an atmospheric setting'
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

'A beautiful piece of writing'
KATHY BURKE

'A gripping, humane drama'
SUNDAY TIMES

The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama; and yet its inhabitants are troubled.

SERGEANT P J COLLINS hasn't always been this overweight; mother of two BRID RIORDAN hasn't always been an alcoholic; and elegant EVELYN ROSS hasn't always felt that her life was a total waste. So when human remains are discovered on an old farm, the village's dark past begins to unravel.

As the frustrated PJ struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his life, he unearths a community's worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regret.

'Wonderfully perceptive'
DAILY MAIL

'Charming . . . A gentle comic crime story'
GUARDIAN

'At times heartbreaking, at others snortingly funny'
STYLIST

Readers adore Holding

'A masterclass in creating characters' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'It's not often a book can make you laugh and cry in the space of a few sentences' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'A wonderful piece of storytelling and exquisite characterisation' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Will keep you turning pages late into the night' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399769983

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Sceptre

Illustration: n/a

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Graham Norton is the author of five hugely successful novels, all of which have been bestsellers in the UK and Ireland and have won or been shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards. His writing has won him critical acclaim in media and from the literary community across the world. Graham's debut novel Holding was made into a high-profile TV drama in 2022, and Home Stretch and Forever Home have both been optioned for major TV series.

He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for The Graham Norton Show, which has been running for almost two decades, and is known internationally for commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest and as a recurring judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

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