Bernardine Evaristo: Mr Loverman
Bernardine Evaristo joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss her novel Mr Loverman
Bernardine Evaristo joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss Mr Loverman, her 2013 novel about Barrington Walker, a married man with a secret life. Ever since his teens in Antigua, Barry has been in love with Morris and despite both men moving to London, marrying and having children, their love affair has never faltered. Now he鈥檚 in his seventies, Barry decides it鈥檚 time to tell the truth. It鈥檚 a funny, poetic, moving novel about love, family, prejudice and forgiveness.
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