![]() ![]() ![]() This country has over fifty million citizens, whereas we didn’t even have fifty thousand in the whole of Antigua and Barbuda. “We all thought England was goin’ be utopia. He recalls the island in the Caribbean that he left – and the promise that England held. The narrative moves back and forth in time, showing us different periods in Barry’s life – we see him as an adolescent in Antigua, a young man in London, a father to teenagers. He came to London as a very young man, and is now a husband, father, and grandfather – with an impressive property portfolio. A real London character, a very natty dresser, always kitted out in a retro suit from the period when he was in his prime. The novel is narrated sometimes by Barry and sometimes his wife, but it is his voice and his personality that drive this brilliant novel.īarry is a seventy-four year old Antiguan with a big personality. His voice is immediately engaging, warm, funny, vulnerable a little defensive and often outrageous – he pulls us into his world. In this novel we meet Barrington Jedidiah Walker, or Barry to his friends. Girl, Woman other was on my books of the year list last year – and when I read that, lots of people recommended Mr Loverman to me – once I had read a bit about it and seen some reviews, I knew it would be the next book by Evaristo I read. ![]() Following my read of the Booker winning Girl, Woman Other last year I was looking forward to reading more by Bernardine Evaristo – and it has certainly taken me long enough. ![]()
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