I couldn't stop reading just turning the pages to see what was coming next for Mr. Evaristo was putting this out to the reader and doing a good job at it. Who would have thought at a man in his seventies, who had been married over fifty years would have this huge secret that would come out the way it did? And just what was that secret? As I was reading thorough this novel I was kept wondering wow, how well this author Ms. Loverman involved in his secrecy of what it really meant for him to be free where we find he lives a double life. Be ready for a read where you will find Mr. The area of this place in Hackney, London seemed like a place that was describe so very well making you think you were there while you are reading the novel. The cast of characters were very humorous (some) as well memorable, defined and portrayed. I found that the author's narrators were splendid giving you such a touching and well written story that I found hard to put down until the very end. Loverman" by Bernadine Evaristo was a delightful fiction love read. LovermanAuthor: Bernadine EvaristoPublisher: Akashic BooksReviewed By: Arlena DeanRating: 5Review:"Mr. “Evaristo crafts a colorful look at a unique character confronting social normativity with a well-tuned voice and a resonant humanity.” - Publishers Weekly Read more and Evaristo’s writing is both intelligible and compelling.” - Library Journal “The novel proves to be revolutionary in its honest portrayal of gay men . . . fix characters in the reader’s mind.” - The New York Times Book Review “Evaristo’s confident control of the language, her vibrant use of humor, rhythm and poetry, and the realistic mix of Caribbean patois with both street and the Queen’s English . . . 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, wisecracking character with a dapper taste in retro suits, and a fondness for Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father, grandfather-and also secretly gay lovers with his childhood friend, Morris. Born and bred in Antigua, he’s lived in Hackney, London, for years. * A Top Ten Favorite of the American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table’s 2015 Over the Rainbow Listīarrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life.
* Winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction “ chef d’oeuvre a masterful dissection of the life of a 74 year-old, British-Caribbean gay man.” - The Huffington Post
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