Private Life

Private Life: Fragments, Memories, Friends

Michael Kirby

Michael Kirby is Australia’s most admired judicial figure. He has written and lectured extensively about the law, but has rarely revealed the private man. In this series of recollections we learn about the real Michael Kirby. He opens up as never before about being gay, about his thirty-year relationship with Johan van Vloten, religion and his love of James Dean among other things. Beautifully written, reflective and generous, this is a work the many thousands of Kirby admirers here and around the globe have been waiting for.

Public person, private life. Fascinating and revealing.