Mr. Loverman

ISBN: 161775272X

Author: Evaristo, Bernardine

Condition: Used

A groundbreaking, hilarious novel about two elder gay Caribbean men coming to terms with being closeted in a changing world.-Winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT FictionEvaristos 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 Queens English . . . fix characters in the readers mind. -New York Times Sunday Book ReviewAs a writer at the Guardian once proclaimed, if you dont know Evaristos work, you should . . . the novel proves to be revolutionary in its honest portrayal of gay men . . . and Evaristos writing is both intelligible and compelling. -Library Journal, Starred ReviewBarrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, hes lived in Hackney, London, for years. A flamboyant, wise-cracking 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.His 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 away? With an abundance of laugh-out-loud humor and wit, Mr. Loverman explodes cultural myths and shows the extent of what can happen when people fear the consequences of being true to themselves.