Mr. Loverman
β Scribed by Bernardine Evaristo
- Publisher
- Akashic Books (Ignition)
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 204 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0241963915
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction
"Evaristo'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."
--New York Times Sunday Book Review
A Top Ten Favorite of the American Library Association 's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table's 2015 Over the Rainbow List
"As 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."
--Library Journal (starred review)
"The writing is poetic, the characters are realistic and all sides are well portrayed."
--Huffington Post
"Evaristo crafts a colorful look at a unique character confronting social...
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