Mr. Loverman

"Evaristo is extremely attentive to the function of language, the power of words to shape reality."--Ron Charles, "Washington Post Book World"

"Evaristo is adventurous, compelling, and utterly original."--"The Times"

Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's 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. 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.

Bernardine Evaristo has been hailed as one of Britain's most exciting and original authors. Her books have been chosen as a Book of the Year nine times by British newspapers. In 2004 she was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 2006 of the Royal Society of Arts.