It adds up to a moving depiction of human passions, frailties, and struggles.
El secreto que comparten amenaza con arruinarlos a todos. 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. Argumento Ambientada en la década de 1950 en Brighton, un policía homosexual llamado Tom se casa con una maestra de escuela llamada Marion, mientras que mantiene una relación con Patrick, un curador del museo.
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. I gotta get back to my spot, figure out what's going down, Andre whispered excitedly. Marion explains how at 14 she met the third member of this romantic triangle, Tom, the slightly older brother of a school friend. The policeman outside the door nodded as they left. Having baited this hook, Roberts then flashes back 48 years to provide the backstory for the dramatic opening. 24 likes, 0 comments - The Bookshelf (thebookshelfbd) on Instagram: My Policeman by Bethan Roberts Paperback: 270 Taka Hardcover: 350 Taka Genres. 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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