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. Description 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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