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Mr Loverman

By: Bernardine Evaristo
Narrated by: James Goode
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Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life.

Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character, Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris.

When his 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?

©2013 Bernardine Evaristo (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd African American Fiction Genre Fiction Humorous Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Marriage

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"Evaristo remains an undeniably bold and energetic writer, whose world view is anything but one-dimensional" ( Sunday Times on Blonde Roots)
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Loved it all. Very real and kind portrayal of what being a gay man was then, still is now.

Reality of characters, humor and compassion, brilliantly told

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The performance for this joyous comedy of manners is superb. Not to be missed! Highly recommended.

Exceptional narration

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Chapeau to the narration of this book! It simply added the salt and pepper the story needed! Without it I don't think I would have found it so hilarious.

The story is good but the narration nailed it!

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The narrator gives the right vibes to this excellent book. I love how Evaristo writes. I loved how was reading at loud. absolutely hilarious!!!!

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