Barrington Jedidiah Walker aka Mr Loverman is a smooth, sauve and extremely dapper gentleman who brings the Carribbean spice of Antigua to Hackney in South London.

Despite living in an unhappy marriage with his wife Carmel for over 30 odd years, with their two daughters, Donna and Maxine, he has been in love with his childhood friend, Morris since their puerile years back in Antigua. Now as a retired pensioner, Barry faces the damning internal conflict of facing up to who he really is and following through on his plans to divorce his wife and live the rest of his years with Morris.

Evaristo gave me zestful, flavoursome writing and hilarious tongue-in-cheek banter that left me just as smitten as Barry and Morris are with each other. They were such a lovable couple to read about and their story was given an extra dimension in the way that Evaristo confronted deeply ingrained colonial beliefs that have kept people like Barry closeted.

I listened to the audiobook of Mr Loverman which was exceptionally narrated by the genius that is James Goode and has a running time of 9:58 hours.