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As his marriage self-destructs, Barrington sees an opportunity to be with the man he loves, but after such protracted misery in this comic, touching book, happiness seems distant and frightening.” “Barrington Jedediah Walker lives in London, but he also lives a lie. Loverman is a powerful, morally rigorous and joyful novel and Bernardine Evaristo is a writer at the height of her imaginative powers.” “If the novelist’s job is to make sense of the world, Bernardine Evaristo’s entire oeuvre attests to her desire to upend preconceived notions of what is and isn’t impossible and reflect that mirror right back at her readers. Included in Baltimore Out Loud‘s Pride Reading List Included in the Bay Area Reporter‘s “Pride Reading List: Prose & Poetry” Huffington Post, feature on Bernardine Evaristo

Loverman, is her chef d’oeuvre a masterful dissection of the life of a 74-year-old, British-Caribbean gay man.” “Although Evaristo has always been an innovative stylist, her latest novel, the critically acclaimed, award-winning smash, Mr. “In this vibrant novel, Evaristo draws wonderful character portraits of complex individuals as well as the West Indian immigrant culture in Britain.” “Evaristo crafts a colorful look at a unique character confronting social normativity with a well-tuned voice and a resonant humanity.” “The writing is poetic, the characters are realistic and all sides are well portrayed.” and Evaristo’s writing is both intelligible and compelling.” the novel proves to be revolutionary in its honest portrayal of gay men. “As a writer at the Guardian once proclaimed, if you don’t know Evaristo’s work, you should. fix characters in the reader’s mind.”Ī Top Ten Favorite of the American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table’s 2015 Over the Rainbow List

“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. Winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction

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