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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 Genre Fiction Humorous Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction

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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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Story of a narcissistic Antiguan Britiah man who is coming out in his 70s. He starts off very unlikeable but he slowly reveals his depths. Loved the ending

Slow start but captivating

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i wanted to like this book. love her others, didn't like the main character though. selfish narcissus

unlikable protagonist

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