England,1989. Over the course of a burning hot summer,two very different men - traumatized Falklands veteran Calvert,and affable,chaotic Redbone - set out nightly in a clapped-out camper van to undertake an extraordinary project.
Under cover of darkness,the two men traverse the fields of rural England in secret,forming crop circles in elaborate and mysterious patterns. As the summer wears on,and their designs grow ever more ambitious,the two men find that their work has become a cult international sensation - and that an unlikely and beautiful friendship has taken root as the wheat ripens from green to gold.
Moving and exhilarating,tender and slyly witty,The Perfect Golden Circle is a captivating novel about the futility of war,the destruction of the English countryside,class inequality - and the power of beauty to heal trauma and fight power.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781526631428Number of pages: 256Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A book is shot through with a romantic,even mystical radicalism of the kind that William Blake would have approved of.'- Daily Telegraph
'A joy'- Daily Mail
'The understated,plangent loveliness of Myers's storytelling is reminiscent of Mackenzie Crook's brilliant TV series Detectorists. Here is a strong,spiritual writer who sees and loves every dewdrop,old oak,soft little animal and buried sword,and offers them up to us like the precious treasures they are. The Perfect Golden Circle deserves top ranking in any list of the best books about rural England.'- The Times
'In this folksy,magnetic tale,two outsiders seek healing and enlightenment by creating crop formations in a Wiltshire field... combining lyricism with comedy and themes that range from warfare and environmental calamity to hope and healing... a memorable hymn to beauty'- Observer
'Clever,angry,poignant and beautifully constructed... a work of love,and a work about works of love,and a work that evokes a sense of love in the reader'- Scotsman
Benjamin Myers
Benjamin Myers is a British writer,poet and journalist,and the author of a diverse range of novels including The Gallows Pole,The Offing and Cuddy.
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