Soul Tourists

Soul Tourists is an experimental novel written by British writer Bernardine Evaristo.^[1] Published in 2005 by Penguin,^[2] Soul Tourists draws on elements of prose, poetry, scripts and other non-fiction devices. Featuring historical figures of the past, it tells the story of a mismatched black British couple travelling from Europe to the Middle East.

Soul Tourists

First edition
Author	Bernardine Evaristo
Language	English
Publisher	Hamish Hamilton
Publication date	June 2005
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardback)
ISBN	978-0140297829
Followed by	The Emperor's Babe

Reception

Reviews

It was named Book of the Year by The Independent and The Independent on Sunday and described as 'a rollercoaster road movie in print where the language twists and turns more than a path through the Pyrenees. Evaristo crosses the border between prose, poetry and film script and exposes the hidden face of black European history in the process.’^[3]

Honours and awards

• Independent Book of the Year
• Independent on Sunday Book of the Year

Bibliography

• Soul Tourists (Hamish Hamilton), 2005; ISBN 978-0140297829)