My Policeman: A heartbreaking story of longing, betrayal and forbidden gay romance in 1950s England

Name: My Policeman: A heartbreaking story of longing, betrayal and forbidden gay romance in 1950s England
Rating: 4.621621608734131 (74 reviews)

Bethan Roberts

Feb 2012 · Random House

74 reviews

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They thought they could share him. They were wrong.

A sweeping, addictive story about forbidden love and impossible compromise, for readers of Call Me By Your Name, The Line of Beauty and Tin Man.

*Now a major film starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin*

Marion first sees Tom on a Brighton beach and falls instantly, irrevocably in love. But Tom has another side to him that she will soon discover when she meets Patrick, a museum curator – and Tom’s other lover.

In 1950s Britain, it is safer for a policeman to marry a schoolteacher than to pursue a gay romance. And so Marion becomes Tom’s wife, while Patrick becomes his secret.

What follows is a devastating triangle of longing and betrayal, unfolding across decades.

'A sensitive, sweeping novel' VOGUE
'Tense, romantic, smart' RUSSELL T. DAVIES
'A moving story of longing and frustration' OBSERVER

They thought they could share him. They were wrong. A sweeping, addictive story about forbidden love and impossible compromise, for readers of Call Me By Your Name, The Line of Beauty and Tin Man. *Now a major film starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin* Marion first sees Tom on a Brighton beach a...

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74 reviews

Alisia D'Intino

September 14, 2022

nice book, a pretty sad one too. I would have liked to have more of Patrick's pov or, at least, something from Tom's pov. Overall a good book and I can't wait for the movie to come out !

Kavya Dave

November 5, 2022

This movie was really amazing, being a beginner and inexperienced harry styles still rocks the movie, his acting was slay, I am so happy for him, he alwys wished to be a part of this movie, Emma's acting was breathtaking, such a nice crew, we the harries are proud of you, harry.

Josephina Ballerina

August 2, 2021

Oh my poor heart 💔 A devastatingly beautiful story, and I'm sure the screen adaptation will be amazing. #LoveIsLove

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About the author

Bethan Roberts has published five novels and writes stories and drama for BBC Radio 4. Her books include The Good Plain Cook, which was a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime; My Policeman, the story of a 1950s policeman, his wife, and his male lover (now a major Amazon Original movie starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin); Mother Island, which received a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered prize; and Graceland, which tells the story of Elvis Presley and his mother, Gladys. She also writes short fiction, for which she has won the Society of Authors' Olive Cook Prize and the RA Pin Drop Award. Bethan has taught Creative Writing at Chichester University and Goldsmiths College, London. She lives in Brighton with her family.

Bethan Roberts has published five novels and writes stories and drama for BBC Radio 4. Her books include The Good Plain Cook, which was a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime; My Policeman, the story of a 1950s policeman, his wife, and his male lover (now a major Amazon Original movie starring Harry Styles an...

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