Mr Loverman: From the Booker prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other by Berna

Description: Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo Sparkling with humour and sympathy, a novel exploring love, culture, and fear within the context of Britains older Carribean community - now a Penguin EssentialBarrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, hes lived in Hackney since the sixties. 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 and in a relationship with his great childhood friend, Morris.Mr Loverman is a ground-breaking 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 themselves. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Bernardine Evaristo, MBE, is the award-winning author of eight books of fiction and verse fiction that explore aspects of the African diaspora. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other made her the first black woman to win the Booker Prize in 2019, as well winning the Fiction Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 2020, where she also won Author of the Year, and the Indie Book Award. She also became the first woman of colour and black British writer to reach No.1 in the UK paperback fiction chart in 2020. Her writing spans reviews, essays, drama and radio, and she has edited and guest-edited national publications, including The Sunday Times Style magazine. Her other awards and honours include an MBE in 2009. Bernardine is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University, London, and President of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in London with her husband. Review Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life -- Ali SmithThis riproaring, full-bodied riff on sex, secrecy and family is Bernardine Evaristos seventh book. If you dont yet know her work, you should - she says things about modern Britain that no one else does * Guardian *Transforms our often narrow perceptions of gay men in England . . . Comical, agonising and, ultimately, moving * Independent *Evaristo has a lot going on in this unusual urban romance, but beneath her careful study of race and sexuality is a beautiful love story. Not many writers could have two old men having sexual intercourse in a bedsit to a soundtrack of Shabba Rankss Mr Loverman and save it from bad taste, much less make it sublime. But the hero of this book, and his canny creator, make everything taste just fine * Daily Telegraph *An undeniably bold and energetic writer, whose world view is anything but one-dimensional * Sunday Times *Audacious genre-bending, in-yer-face wit and masterly retellings of underwritten corners of history are the hallmarks of Evaristos wit * New Statesman *Heartbreaking yet witty, this is a story that needed to be told * Observer *I loved this novel. Barrington is flamboyant, complex and in love with his childhood friend Morris. It really makes you think of all the stories, forbidden and forgotten, from the elders who made England their home -- Luan Goldie * Guardian * Details ISBN0241996570 Author Bernardine Evaristo Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 0241996570 ISBN-13 9780241996577 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-05-18 UK Release Date 2023-05-18 Pages 320 Series Penguin Essentials Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle From the Booker prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other Audience General NZ Release Date 2023-08-14 AU Release Date 2023-08-14 Alternative 9780241963913 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160097184;

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