Mr. Loverman: A Novel

Soon to be an eight-part television series starring Lennie James

Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he has lived in Hackney, London, for years. A flamboyant character with a fondness for William Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father, grandfather-and also secretly gay.

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.

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Mr. Loverman: A Novel

Soon to be an eight-part television series starring Lennie James

Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he has lived in Hackney, London, for years. A flamboyant character with a fondness for William Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father, grandfather-and also secretly gay.

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.

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Mr. Loverman: A Novel

Mr. Loverman: A Novel

by Bernardine Evaristo

Narrated by Robin Miles, Ron Butler

Unabridged — 9 hours, 2 minutes

Mr. Loverman: A Novel

Mr. Loverman: A Novel

by Bernardine Evaristo

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Overview

Soon to be an eight-part television series starring Lennie James

Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he has lived in Hackney, London, for years. A flamboyant character with a fondness for William Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father, grandfather-and also secretly gay.

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.


Editorial Reviews

author of Oh Dear Silvia Dawn French

Mr. Loverman is hilarious, poignant, clever, controversial, and courageous in equal measure. Loved, loved, loved it!”

Huffington Post

The writing is poetic, the characters are realistic and all sides are well portrayed.”

author of The Secret History of Las Vegas Chris Abani

Bernardine Evaristo uncovers characters lost to history and myth with compassion, an original and brilliant voice, and an unparalleled craft—all tinged with humor—she restores them and thus us.”

Booklist

In this vibrant novel, Evaristo draws wonderful character portraits of complex individuals as well as the West Indian immigrant culture in Britain.”

Sunday Times (London)

Evaristo’s skill lies in taking standard metaphorical models and twisting them in the most unusual, original, inventive ways.”

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…fix characters in the reader’s mind.”

Village Voice

[A] comic, touching book.”

Washington Post Book World

Evaristo is extremely attentive to the function of language, the power of words to shape reality.”

AudioFile

Told in two voices, this is a provocative contemporary story of a marriage and its unraveling. As Barry, a dapper septuagenarian, Ron Butler charms with his musical tenor. His sense of language and timing is spot on…Robin Miles offers a convincing, sympathetic portrayal, capturing Carmel’s evolving emotions as she reclaims herself.”

Daily Telegraph (London)

Beneath her careful study of race and sexuality is a beautiful love story.”

The Guardian (London)

[A] riproaring, full-bodied riff on sex, secrecy, and family.”

author of Hotel World Ali Smith

Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life.”

Product Details

BN ID: 2940169838251
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date: 11/11/2014
Edition description: Unabridged
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