Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo Paperback Book 9780241996577

Treat yourself to this joyful bighearted read from Booker Prizewinning novelist Bernardine Evaristo part of our Penguin Essentials series which spotlights the very best of our modern classics Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life Ali SmithBarrington Jedidiah Walker is seventyfour and leads a double life Born and bred in Antigua hes lived in Hackney since the sixties A flamboyant wisecracking 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 MorrisHis deeply religious and disappointed wife Carmel thinks he sleeps with other women 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 awayMr Loverman is a groundbreaking exploration of Britains 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 themselvesSublime TelegraphRiproaring she says...