My Policeman
NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING HARRY STYLES
$22.50
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2022
Summary
Discover the exquisitely told tragic tale of thwarted love behind the major new film adaptation.
It is in 1950s’ Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both.
A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world.
Tom is their policeman, and in this age it …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529115765 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529115760 |
| Author: | Bethan Roberts |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
Pitch perfect
‘I loved it. Devoured it! A wonderful read. Tense, romantic, smart; a beautiful portrait of a seaside town poised at an exact moment in history, with people trapped by laws and mores’ Russell T. Davies (on Instagram)
About The Author
Bethan Roberts
Bethan Roberts was born in Oxford and grew up in nearby Abingdon. Her first novel The Pools won a Jerwood/Arvon Young Writers’ Award. Her second novel The Good Plain Cook, published in 2008, was serialized on BBC Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime and was chosen as one of Time Out’s books of the year. Her third novel, My Policeman, was picked as the ‘City Reads’ book for Brighton. Her most recent novel is Mother Island, winner of a Jerwood/Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015. Bethan lives in Brighton with her family.
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