My Policeman
A Novel
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4.0 • 22 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Now a motion picture starring Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, and David Dawson, an exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love.
“Stunning…fraught and honest.” —New York Times Book Review
It is in 1950's Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim, gently guiding her through the water in the shadow of the city's famous pier and Marion is smitten—determined her love alone will be enough for them both. A few years later near the Brighton Museum, Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted, and opens Tom's eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world of art, travel, and beauty. Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion and meet Patrick in secret. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed.
In this evocative portrait of midcentury England, Bethan Roberts reimagines the real life relationship the novelist E. M. Forster had with a policeman, Bob Buckingham, and his wife. My Policeman is a deeply heartfelt story of love's passionate endurance, and the devastation wrought by a repressive society.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The “policeman” of Bethan Roberts’ riveting novel about a 1950s love triangle is handsome, self-centered Tom (played in the movie by Harry Styles). When Tom falls for Patrick, a local art curator in Brighton, England, he tries to conceal his sexuality by marrying Marion, a smitten schoolteacher. The uneasy arrangement forces both Marion and Patrick to subdue their competing desires. As the story unfolds from their alternating perspectives, Roberts captures not just the ferocity of their feelings but also their surprisingly tender allegiance. Moving back and forth over five decades, My Policeman is a tense and devastating tale of thwarted love.
Customer Reviews
The book explains the movie.
The movie was well made but I had a hard time to emphasize the way they process the hardship in their life. Good writing, a sad love story was made by three confused people.