{"product_id":"mr-loverman","title":"Mr. Loverman","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvaristo'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.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Sunday Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Top Ten Favorite of the \u003cb\u003eAmerican Library Association\u003c\/b\u003e's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table's 2015 Over the Rainbow List \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a writer at the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe writing is poetic, the characters are realistic and all sides are well portrayed.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvaristo crafts a colorful look at a unique character confronting social normativity with a well-tuned voice and a resonant humanity.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this vibrant novel, Evaristo draws wonderful character portraits of complex individuals as well as the West Indian immigrant culture in Britain.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough Evaristo has always been an innovative stylist, her latest novel, the critically acclaimed, award-winning smash, \u003ci\u003eMr. Loverman\u003c\/i\u003e, is her chef d'oeuvre; a masterful dissection of the life of a 74-year-old, British-Caribbean gay man.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, feature on Bernardine Evaristo \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded in the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBay Area Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e's Pride Reading List: Prose \u0026amp; Poetry \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaltimore Out Loud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e's Pride Reading List \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf 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. \u003ci\u003eMr. Loverman\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, morally rigorous and joyful novel and Bernardine Evaristo is a writer at the height of her imaginative powers.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eHuff Post Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarrington 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.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMr. Loverman\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant portrayal of a life that is only lived fully during the twilight years and the strugg","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33012308770916,"sku":"9781617752728","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/mr-loverman","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}