Bernardine Evaristo Collection 3 Books Set - Fiction - Paperback

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Mr Loverman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoul Tourists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Stanley Williams: Single, in his thirties, grieving the death of his Jamaican father and wondering if there is more to life than his nine-to-five banking job in a sky-high glass menagerie.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEnter Jessie O'Donnell: barmaid, former singer-cum-comedienne, and desperate to get into her rusty old Lady Niva and hit the freeway across Europe.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe unlikely pair begin an electrifying odyssey that weaves in and out of history, colliding with the forgotten heroes of Europe's past. Shakespeare's mysterious 'Dark Lady of the Sonnet's, Pushkin and his Ethiopian great-grandfather and the mixed-race Allessandro de' Medici of Florence are all ready to have their voices heard, and Stanley and Jessie do what they can to hang on for the ride . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlonde Roots\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to a world turned upside down. One minute, Doris, from England, is playing hide-and-seek with her sisters in the fields behind their cottage. The next, someone puts a bag over her head and she ends up in the hold of a slave-ship sailing to the New World . . .\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this fantastically imaginative inversion of the transatlantic slave trade - in which 'whytes' are enslaved by black people - Bernardine Evaristo has created a thought-provoking satire that is as accessible and readable as it is intelligent and insightful. Blonde Roots brings the shackles and cries of long-ago barbarity uncomfortably close and raises timely questions about the society of today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMr Loverman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character with a dapper taste in retro suits and a fondness for quoting Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis deeply religious and disappointed wife, Carmel, thinks he sleeps with other women. When their marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington wants to divorce Carmel and live with Morris, but after a lifetime of fear and deception, will he manage to break away?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMr Loverman is a ground-breaking exploration of Britain's older Caribbean community, which explodes cultural myths and fallacies and shows the extent of what can happen when people fear the consequences of being true to themselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-isbn=\"9780141031521\" class=\"goodreadr\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2022-10-07T12:03:28+01:00","created_at":"2022-10-07T12:03:26+01:00","vendor":"Penguin","type":"Fiction","tags":["Author_Bernardine Evaristo","Binding_Paperback","Boxing Day","br-aging","Celebrating Racial Diversity and Inclusion","Genre_Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","Type_Collection"],"price":2099,"price_min":2099,"price_max":2099,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2997,"compare_at_price_min":2997,"compare_at_price_max":2997,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":42083780427955,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"B2D4410","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Bernardine Evaristo Collection 3 Books Set - Fiction - Paperback","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2099,"weight":800,"compare_at_price":2997,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9789124101084","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D4410.jpg?v=1665146770","\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D4410-1.jpg?v=1665146758"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D4410.jpg?v=1665146770","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Bernardine Evaristo Collection 3 Books Set - Fiction - Paperback Fiction Penguin","id":24419304014003,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.678,"height":1600,"width":1085,"src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D4410.jpg?v=1665146770"},"aspect_ratio":0.678,"height":1600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D4410.jpg?v=1665146770","width":1085},{"alt":"Bernardine Evaristo Collection 3 Books Set - Fiction - Paperback Fiction Penguin","id":24419304046771,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D4410-1.jpg?v=1665146758"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D4410-1.jpg?v=1665146758","width":1000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle in This Set:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 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Shakespeare's mysterious 'Dark Lady of the Sonnet's, Pushkin and his Ethiopian great-grandfather and the mixed-race Allessandro de' Medici of Florence are all ready to have their voices heard, and Stanley and Jessie do what they can to hang on for the ride . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlonde Roots\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to a world turned upside down. One minute, Doris, from England, is playing hide-and-seek with her sisters in the fields behind their cottage. The next, someone puts a bag over her head and she ends up in the hold of a slave-ship sailing to the New World . . .\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this fantastically imaginative inversion of the transatlantic slave trade - in which 'whytes' are enslaved by black people - Bernardine Evaristo has created a thought-provoking satire that is as accessible and readable as it is intelligent and insightful. Blonde Roots brings the shackles and cries of long-ago barbarity uncomfortably close and raises timely questions about the society of today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMr Loverman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character with a dapper taste in retro suits and a fondness for quoting Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis deeply religious and disappointed wife, Carmel, thinks he sleeps with other women. When their marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington wants to divorce Carmel and live with Morris, but after a lifetime of fear and deception, will he manage to break away?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMr Loverman is a ground-breaking exploration of Britain's older Caribbean community, which explodes cultural myths and fallacies and shows the extent of what can happen when people fear the consequences of being true to themselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-isbn=\"9780141031521\" class=\"goodreadr\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e"}