{"product_id":"9780241145784","title":"Mr Loverman","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Evaristo, Bernardine, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 29\/08\/2013,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Hamish Hamilton Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241145784\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eTreat a loved one to this joyful, big-hearted read from Booker Prize-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA flamboyant, wise-cracking local character with a dapper taste in retro suits and a fondness for quoting Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMr Loverman is a ground-breaking exploration of Britain's older Caribbean community, which explodes cultural myths and fallacies and shows the extent of what can happen when people fear the consequences of being true to themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35547624669337,"sku":"9780241145784","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780241145784_76e966c3-d4c2-4bb6-a296-82555e9ebbdd.jpg?v=1597579720","url":"https:\/\/steyningbookshop.info\/products\/9780241145784","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}