Barrington Jedidiah Walker Esq is a self-educated, sometimes self-deceiving dandy of 74. He is, however, truly in love – not with his wife of 50 years, Carmel, but with his gay lover, Morris Courtney de la Roux. Their first tryst was a lifetime ago when they were both boys in Antigua, and their love affair has swung on through the decades of their adult life in London. This riproaring, full-bodied riff on sex, secrecy and family was chosen by The Observer as Book of the Year.