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Venus as a man

Growing up black in Orkney wasn't easy ... but it taught Luke Sutherland a lot about race and sexuality. Now, a stage version of his most recent novel is bringing him home

IT may seem surprising, given that in his debut novel he described the city as populated by "hysterical peasant hordes and xenophobic hypocrites" but after many years away, the writer Luke Sutherland is enjoying being back in Glasgow.