{"product_id":"mr-loverman-by-bernardine-evaristo","title":"Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarrington 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, wise-cracking character with a dapper taste in retro suits and a fondness for Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father, grandfather--and also secretly gay, lovers with his childhood friend, Morris. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking, hilarious novel about two elder gay Caribbean men coming to terms with being closeted in a changing world.―Winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBernadine Evaristo has been hailed as one of Britain's most exciting and original authors. Her books have been chosen as Books 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. She has written drama for theater and BBC Radios 4 and 3, collaborated on a multimedia performance with the musicians Joanna MacGregor and Andy Sheppard for the City of London Festival. Based in London, England, she frequently tours worldwide.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polly Wales Fine Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52326296650001,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0005\/3349\/5873\/files\/MRLOVERMAN1.png?v=1758042517","url":"https:\/\/pollywales.com\/products\/mr-loverman-by-bernardine-evaristo","provider":"Polly Wales Fine Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}