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WILL IT EVER BE NATURAL TO COME OUT?

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A NATURAL, BY ROSS RAISIN, PUBLISHED BY JONATHAN CAPE, PRICE £14.99,
RATING OUT OF 10: 7
THE world of the modern professional footballer is a contradictory affair. The presumed glory and fame of sporting success is mixed with the negative pressures and anxiety of young lives.
Ross Raisin’s ‘A Natural’ addresses these contradictions with a novel about a young gay footballer whose success is threatened by his own sexuality.
England youth international Tom Pearman has been released by a Premier League club in the north and finds himself playing for a lowly ...

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