Myers [writes] fierce, gale-driven prose that speaks to and of the northern English landscape out of which the story rises.” — Robert Macfarlane, author The Lost Words No one writes about the atmosphere, beauty and brutality of the English countryside better than Ben Myers. And it's hard to think of many people who can write with with such attentiveness, tenderness and force about the importance of human connection and the redemptive power of art. Quite simply, this is a magnificent book -- WENDY ERSKINE

Perfect Golden Circle - Benjamin Myers - Google Books The Perfect Golden Circle - Benjamin Myers - Google Books

One of the most interesting, restless writers of his generation ... Unfurling at the unhurried pace of a fern, it's an evocatively lyrical paean to the countryside - deeply felt and closely observed * DAILY MAIL * The two protagonists in the story are truly driven by their art, and their deep-seated need to bring their increasingly grandiose visions to life.” — Artnet The Perfect Golden Circle staggers the reader with its wit and beauty and the power of its charged poetry. Myers offers both a soulful portrait of a friendship between two damaged, resilient men and a series of striking glimpses into war, mythology, politics, history, the natural world and art. Like the creations of its protagonists, the impressions this novel leaves are majestic, mysterious and lasting -- SAM LIPSYTEBen Myers is the master of English rural noir and with ‘Turning Blue’ he has created a whole new genre: folk crime. It is by turns gripping, ghastly and unputdownable. I’m already looking forward to the sequel.”—Paul Kingsnorth, author of The WakeandBeast Pig Ironis an important book because it tells a story that has shaped all contemporary Western humans, but is routinely, inexplicably overlooked – the great move from agricultural life to industrial life. The respect in which that shapes human culture and individual humans.”—Deborah Orr Myers’ excellent, mesmerizing novel exudes a heart-catching blend of gentle melancholy and surreal but spot-on humor… With its integral reminder of the thriving and vital element of life that exists right under our feet, this is one summer-focused book that will linger with you all year long.” — The Cascadia Daily News This brilliant, funny, and delightful novel is about misfits finding purpose, and the redemptive power of artistic expression even in the bleakest of circumstances.”— Booklist, starred review

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Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very different men — Calvert, an ex-soldier traumatized by his experience in the Falklands War, and his affable, off-the-grid friend Redbone — set out nightly in a decrepit camper van to undertake an extraordinary project,traversing the fields of rural England and creating crop circles in elaborate and mysterious patterns. Mark asked, ‘Your previous novel, The Gallows Pole, has been adapted for television by Shane Meadows. How did this come about?’ Mark asked, ‘You've worked previously as a music journalist. I wonder, was that always the ambition, or was writing novels always your aspiration?’Benjamin Myers’ stories inMale Tearscut right to the heart of the matter. This is fiction to be taken in gulps of pleasure – full of fire and light, wisdom and violence.”—Rob Doyle No, indeed, you can’t. The Perfect Golden Circle is sublime, it reels you in and caresses you with its poetically beautiful prose. Highly recommended for fans of literary fiction and eco-literature. I thought it was divine. An odd and winsome pleasure: a novel of friendship, collaboration, and environmental guerrilla art * KIRKUS * People just want to believe in something bigger than all this. Something beyond. It takes them away from the mundane details of their tiny lives. You can’t blame them.’