Mr Loverman is a ground-breaking exploration of Britain's older Caribbean community, which explodes cultural myths and fallacies and shows the extent of what can happen when people fear the consequences of being true to themselves. Bernardine Evaristo, Mr Loverman 1 likes Like Danny-Boy, I want to tell him, unlike you flawless teenagers, we adults can be contradictory fools. About The Author Bernardine Evaristo has been hailed as one of Britain’s most exciting and original authors. Loverman explodes cultural myths and shows the extent of what can happen when people fear the consequences of being true to themselves. When their marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington wants to divorce Carmel and live with Morris, but after a lifetime of fear and deception, will he manage to break away? With an abundance of laugh-out-loud humor and wit, Mr. His deeply religious and disappointed wife, Carmel, thinks he sleeps with other women. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character with a dapper taste in retro suits and a fondness for quoting Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. Loverman is a brilliant portrayal of a life that is only lived fully during the twilight years and the struggle within to get there. Treat a loved one to this joyful, big-hearted read from Booker Prize-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo.īarrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life.
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