The Really Popular Book Club: Mr Loverman by Bernadine Evaristo

Tue 29 October 2024

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Barrington Jedidiah Walker is dapper, funny and sexy 74 year old who leads a double life. Antiguan born and bred, he’s lived in Hackney since the sixties. He is a man truly in love - not with his wife of 50 years, but with his gay lover and childhood best friend, Morris. His marriage is breaking down, but is he brave enough to break away after a lifetime of fear and deception?

A BBC One adaptation of Mr Loverman is due to release in Autumn 2024. We're celebrating Black History Month and discussing this multi-award winning novel with special guest Yvonne Battle Felton, Academic Director of Creative Writing at the Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education.

About The Really Popular Book Club

The Really Popular Book Club is Cambridge University Libraries' book group. Everyone is welcome to come and discuss a really popular book with the group, library staff, and an expert on the novel. Hosted on Zoom, the book club is completely free and open to everyone, people attend from all over the world. The Really Popular Book Club celebrates the huge range of books at Cambridge University Library. We have more than 8 million books and as a legal deposit library we keep a copy of every book published in the UK, and have done since 1710.

If you haven't attended one of our book club events before, you can find more information at www.lib.cam.ac.uk/bookclub.

Cost: Free