![]() ![]() It adds up to a moving depiction of human passions, frailties, and struggles. Roberts cleverly changes narrators to provide alternate perspectives on the developing intricacies and intimacies, and is especially good with the sections in which Patrick describes the challenges of being gay in 1950s Britain, a period when sex between men was illegal and gay people were subjected to blackmail. NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING HARRY STYLES This love is all-consuming It is in 1950s Brighton that Marion first catches sight of the handsome and enigmatic. But Tom and Patrick, a gay art curator, are also attracted to one another. Her infatuation with Tom continues into adulthood, after he becomes a policeman and, eventually, Marion’s spouse. Marion explains how at 14 she met the third member of this romantic triangle, Tom, the slightly older brother of a school friend. So does Patrick Hazelwood, a museum curator. ![]() 2 Marion, a schoolteacher, falls in love with him nonetheless. Age rating: 12-17 years Plot summary The novel is set in Brighton in 1957. It is set in Brighton, East Sussex, England, in the 1950s. Having baited this hook, Roberts then flashes back 48 years to provide the backstory for the dramatic opening. My Policeman is a 2012 romance novel written by Bethan Roberts. The story begins in 1999 with the line, “I considered starting with these words: I no longer want to kill you-because I really don’t.” The speaker is Marion, and her listener, Patrick, whom she is caring for after he’d suffered a severe stroke, is her captive audience. ![]() Roberts ( The Good Plain Cook) serves up a complex and nuanced exploration of a love triangle in Peacehaven, England. ![]()
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