My Policeman by Bethan Roberts

My Policeman by Bethan Roberts

An exquisitely told tragic tale of thwarted love, My Policeman is soon to be adapted into film by Amazon Prime starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin. It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom.

The era and the seaside locale are beautifully rendered and observed, not least the social and sexual undercurrents of the time * Sunday Times *
A humane and evocative portrait of a time when lives were destroyed by intolerance * Guardian *
This spiky portrait of love makes for a gripping read * Independent *
Pitch perfect * Marie Claire *
A moving story of longing and frustration * Observer *
Stunning..fraught and honest * New York Times Book Review *

Bethan Roberts has published five novels and writes stories and drama for BBC Radio 4. Her books include The Good Plain Cook (Serpent's Tail, 2008), which was a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime; My Policeman (Chatto & Windus, 2012), 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 (Chatto, 2014), 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.

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ISBN 13	9780099555254
ISBN 10	0099555255
Title	My Policeman
Author	Bethan Roberts
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2012-08-02
Number of pages	352
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