Soul Tourists: From the Booker prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other (Paperback)
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Soul Tourists: From the Booker prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other (Paperback)

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Paperback 304 Pages
Published: 06/07/2006
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Waterstones Says

A joyous, tender-hearted literary road trip across Europe, Soul Tourists finds odd couple Stanley and Jessie engaging with marginalised historical figures on a life-changing continental journey. Both a beautifully wrought study of companionship and a fascinating account of how non-white faces have been erased from the histories of famous writers, Evaristo’s wry, uplifting novel is a cerebral delight.

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER

'Evaristo possesses enough ball-busting originality to create whole novels for each of the historical characters she resurrects . . . [she creates] funky yarns so tantalising you want to devour them'
Guardian

Meet 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.

Enter Jessie O'Donnell: barmaid, former singer-cum-comedienne, and desperate to get into her rusty old Lady Niva and hit the freeway across Europe.

The 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 . . .

'A bouncy. . . touching novel about the search for love and belonging' The Times

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780140297829
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 214 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm

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