My Policeman Book Review. Tom burgess, a policeman, is gay. In her two narrators, roberts gives us two strong, absorbing voices, whose competing claims on our sympathies, complicated by our knowledge of subsequent events, make ‘my policeman’ a satisfyingly taut and involving read.
A few years later in brighton museum patrick meets tom. I nspired, in part, by the relationship em forster had in later life with a policeman, bethan roberts's third novel is a moving story of longing and frustration. Never letting up on her emotional focus lapse for one second, my policeman becomes an increasingly upsetting narrative.
My policeman is a set in 1950’s brighton, england, at time when homosexuality was a criminal offence.
Never letting up on her emotional focus lapse for one second, my policeman becomes an increasingly upsetting narrative. I remember eric smith (fellow book riot contributor, now agent looking for awesome new voices in ya ) recommending it way back when. 3.0 out of 5 starsan interesting and important topic, but told from the wrong narrative. I nspired, in part, by the relationship em forster had in later life with a policeman, bethan roberts's third novel is a moving story of longing and frustration.