My Policeman: Soon to be an Amazon Original Movie Kindle Edition

Bought this because Harry Styles is playing the lead role in the movie adaption of this book. I tried finding it at a few stores but didn’t have any luck so I came to Amazon. Came in perfect condition and they even put a bookmark in with the package. Can’t wait to read!

Heart wrenching story of love and the times. Can’t wait to see this as a movie. Highly recommend.

The topic itself, sexuality, makes the potential of this book high; however, I felt Marion's narrative, which was "shared" (I'd say there was more focus on her narrative) with Patrick- the other lover of the policeman, was the least interesting and had undertones of irritating self-loathing and slightly narcissistic tones(or at least self-obssessed) that felt over indulgent. There were times during her telling where I would say to myself, "I get it, move on, this is boring." Although the novel did pick up steam when the chapters switched narrators. It was Patrick's perspective where I felt more connected, more emotionally invested and where there was more to be learned (in my opinion). I thought the book in itself was a courageous attempt to discuss an important issue, which needs more narratives told from a more personal and emotional lens- to see the implications in one's life in multiple and oftentimes unnoticed ways that an outsider would not pick up on... I just didn't fall in love with either Marion or the policeman. Both seemed too one dimensional. With that being said, I still found it a worthwhile read.

Great book

I’m not gonna lie some parts did get me mad and frustrated but I guess that’s what makes the book more intriguing, overall it’s definitely a 9/10 because the writing is simply really good and the ending is truly beautiful it brings tears to your eyes!

A heartbreakingly beautiful glimpse into homosexuality in the 50s & an exploration of the pain of unrequited love that can span decades or an entire lifetime.

Set in Brighton, England, in the 50s, this book explored an area which I suspect is not often covered and as such it offered a really interesting and sensitive look at the difficulties that faced gay men in an era when the closet ruled as well as covering the difficulties of a wife who very mistakenly married a gay man.

So happy, my book came early than expected, so I’m ready to read!:))

I brought this book after hearing that it may be being made into a film starring Harry Styles. I am so glad that I read this! It shows the real struggles behind homophobia and how this may affect someone who relates to these issues. This is definitely worth a read, so much so that I will probably be reading it again!

Comprei ele por causa do Harry Styles e o livro é melhor do que eu esperava

We're lucky enough to have progressed to a point socially where I'm able to say there's nothing particularly innovative about My Policeman: its tale of sexual repression in a bygone era has been told before in other novels, and indeed television and film. This does have the effect of diluting its potency somewhat, although it goes without saying that its message remains poignant and one that bears repeating, even (especially?) in these superficially more enlightened times. But while nothing unexpected may happen in the novel, what we get is still very effectively rendered by the author - you will be invested in all three of the main characters well before the story ends. The way the book is structured is an overused literary conceit (the story being told from two of the main characters' points of view, both of them in writing, one in a journal and the other in memoirs, both of which just happen to be written like novels) but if you can get past that you should be fine. Although this also means we are deprived any first-person insight into the character at the centre of the love triangle, which is a shame, but at the same time largely the point: the novel is about the effect he has on the other characters and the way this ultimately impacts on all their lives.Solid overall and very easy to read - and crying out for a TV adaption a la 'The Man in the Orange Shirt'.

In Bethan Roberts's latest novel, 'my' is the most important word. Possessive, nigh-obsessive, her narrative constantly questions the notion of having anyone. Told through Marion's marriage to Tom, Roberts's story deftly unfolds the contradictions and hypocrisies of pre-Wolfenden Britain. But what starts out as a bitter memoir becomes a truly insightful tale.Marion tends to Patrick, the aged victim of three strokes and the former lover of her husband. At first, however, Marion seems to use his incapacity in order that she can tell him how he ruined her married life. Roberts keeps a condescending eye on Marion's world: 1950s Britain is described through Technicolor glare, piling on bathetic references to rayon, Vimto and the like. But underneath this bracing and often larky exterior, more intemperate passions brew.Shifting the narrative to Patrick, we learn how a mundane but beautiful policeman called Tom came into his life. The only problem is that he's already part of Marion's world. The tug-of-war between propriety and passion, feigned heterosexuality and closeted homosexuality is painful but powerful to read. If Roberts seemed to patronise through Marion's narrative, the resulting conflict is told in anything but snooty terms. Never letting up on her emotional focus lapse for one second, My Policeman becomes an increasingly upsetting narrative.What makes this story - loosely based on E.M. Forster's life with policeman Bob Buckingham and his wife - so much more than the novel of a marriage, however, is Roberts constant wrestle with surface and interior, constantly shifting between a projected and a real self.Marion provides an apt lens through which to watch the tale, as neither she nor us is fully aware of the hurt that lies ahead. And, in the final passages of the book, it proves impossible not to be shaken at what once was a way of life and, sadly, a sure-fire path to destruction. As Forster himself wrote, 'it is only that people are far more different than is pretended.' Hopefully the need for pretence is now over, but this novel remains an extraordinary warning from the past.

Brought this book to read before Harry’s in the film . Such a great read