Event overview
Goldsmiths Writers' Centre presents Ross Raisin in conversation with Naomi Wood about his new novel 'A Natural'
Tom Pearman has always known he is going to be a successful footballer. But the bright future he imagined for himself is threatened when the Premier League academy of his boyhood lets him go. At nineteen, he finds himself playing for a tiny club in a town he has never heard of. But as he navigates his isolation and his desperate need for recognition, a sudden and thrilling encounter offers him the promise of an escape, and Tom is forced to question whether he can reconcile his suppressed desires with his dreams of success. 'A Natural' delves into the heart of a professional football club: the pressure, the loneliness, the threat of scandal, the fragility of the body and the struggle, on and off the pitch, with conforming to the person that everybody else expects you to be.
Ross Raisin was born in 1979 in West Yorkshire. His first novel, God's Own Country, was published in 2008 and was shortlisted for nine literary awards, including the Guardian First Book Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. In 2009 he was named the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, and in 2013 he was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British writers. He lives in London. He did his MA in creative writing at Goldsmiths and now teaches here.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Mar 2017 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
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