A masterful performance... This is a gripping, mature, important novel. It would be a travesty if it doesn't win prizes. -- Observer
Ross Raisin is the author of three novels- A Natural, Waterline and
God's Own Country, which was shortlisted for nine literary awards.
Ross has won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award and
was named on Granta's most recent Best of Young British Novelists
list. In 2018 he was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Society of
Literature.
Ross teaches at the University of Leeds, for the Guardian
Masterclass programme and for the education charity First Story. He
lives in York. Find more on Ross, his books and teaching here-
www.rossraisin.com
Supremely accomplished and movingā¦ A masterful performanceā¦ This is
a gripping, mature, important novel. It would be a travesty if it
doesnāt win prizes.
*Observer*
A layered and subtle exploration of masculinity, fear and desire, A
Natural is as good a novel as Iāve read in years. The poignancy of
Ross Raisinās characters are equalled only by the brilliance of his
writing.
*John Boyne*
Admirable ā¦ genius ā¦ amazingā¦ vertiginous.
*Sunday Times*
A Natural is a brilliant, deft and moving coming of age novel about
the nature of masculinity and sexuality set against the backdrop of
sport. Sensitively and beautifully drawn, it confirms Ross Raisin
as a superb writer.
*Carol Ann Duffy*
Most novels about football arenāt really about footballā¦ They tend
to avoid describing the game itself, with its strange mixture of
pelting energy and exquisite boredom. Instead they shunt it into
the background or repackage it as a metaphor, allowing the simple
whacking of a ball into the net to be used as a way of writing
about far less tangible goals. Ross Raisinās latest novel is
refreshingly different. Following the fortunes of two lower-league
footballers, it is a bold attempt to capture sport in the rawā¦
pitch-perfect.
*The Times*
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