Loverman is one of the best.īernardine Evaristo uncovers characters lost to history and myth and with compassion, an original and brilliant voice, and an unparalleled craft-all tinged with humor-she restores them and thus us. It takes you and shakes you silly, leaving you stunned.Of the many books I've read so far this year, Mr. Loverman is a brilliant portrayal of a life that is only lived fully during the twilight years and the struggle within to get there.This is a book for everyone, not to be shelved into a grouping for just one sector of society.īarrington is the kind of character that is naturally likeable from his love of Shakespeare down to the tips of his boots, he oozes charm and charisma. Loverman is a powerful, morally rigorous and joyful novel and Bernardine Evaristo is a writer at the height of her imaginative powers.īarrington Jedediah Walker lives in London, but he also lives a lie.As his marriage self-destructs, Barrington sees an opportunity to be with the man he loves, but after such protracted misery in this comic, touching book, happiness seems distant and frightening. If the novelist's job is to make sense of the world, Bernardine Evaristo's entire oeuvre attests to her desire to upend preconceived notions of what is and isn't impossible and reflect that mirror right back at her readers. Included in Baltimore Out Loud's Pride Reading List Included in the Bay Area Reporter's Pride Reading List: Prose & Poetry Huffington Post, feature on Bernardine Evaristo
Loverman, is her chef d'oeuvre a masterful dissection of the life of a 74-year-old, British-Caribbean gay man. In this vibrant novel, Evaristo draws wonderful character portraits of complex individuals as well as the West Indian immigrant culture in Britain.Īlthough Evaristo has always been an innovative stylist, her latest novel, the critically acclaimed, award-winning smash, Mr. The writing is poetic, the characters are realistic and all sides are well portrayed.Įvaristo crafts a colorful look at a unique character confronting social normativity with a well-tuned voice and a resonant humanity.
Winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT FictionĮvaristo'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.Ī Top Ten Favorite of the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table's 2015 Over the Rainbow ListĪs a writer at the Guardian once proclaimed, if you don't know Evaristo's work, you should.the novel proves to be revolutionary in its honest portrayal of gay men.and Evaristo's writing is both intelligible and compelling.
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