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The best writer in the UK expands his range once again with another first class novel which will be just as surprising to fans as The Offing proved. Two men - SAS veteran Calvert and a sort of old hippy (though he'd likely be offended at the description), Redbone - roam the fields of rural England creating elaborate, revolutionary crop circles. A windswept, brutal tale of eighteenth-century Yorkshire told in starkly beautiful prose.”― The Guardian
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A draft of cool, clear water, it feels like a cleansing book ... He's such a good and brave writer ... there's a lot of heart in this book ... I was comparing it to some Ted Hughes poetry and it's so much more hopeful than that ... there's light in this landscape ... A very original writer and has pushed the form in all kinds of ways * MONOCLE * Benjamin Myers is in my opinion one of the greatest British voices in fiction. His previous works Beastings, The Gallows Pole, Male Tears, The Offing, Pig Iron showcase his vast talent and his continued development as a writer, each book is different and each contains lightning in a bottle - if you've not discovered Myers' work yet, I urge you to do so, he's a national treasure. From a British literary sensation, the story of two rural outcasts and the crop circles they create over the course of a long, hot and very strange summer. The thing about The Perfect Golden Circle is that it is all-consuming and in a way that shows the masterful talent Myers has as a raconteur. From the very moment I opened the cover I was a captive to the story, the rest of the world dissolved around me and it was only me, Calvert and Redbone. That place of peace and reflection is something that is hard to discover in a modern society where our chaotic lives have so many trappings for our time and attention. But I can honestly say that this book was therapeutic in a way, it gave me the escapism that I desperately craved and I loved every moment of it, it was an opportunity to let the world's troubles and my own busy life slip away whilst I basked in Myers words and beautiful story.
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Den perfekten Kreis. Den könnten wir niemals hinbekommen. Er existiert nicht. Ehrlich gesagt, ich glaube, nichts was von Menschen gemacht wird, kann je perfekt sein.“ (S. 107) Set in rural England, 1989, The Perfect Golden Circle tells the story of two men who set out over the course of a summer to form elaborate crop circle patterns in the wheat fields under the cover of darkness. As their circles become increasingly intricate, their work gathers an international cult like following, pushing them to further their designs beyond anything ever seen before. Calvert is a Falklands veteran, suffering post traumatic stress, whilst Redbone is a free-wheeling traveller of sorts, a musician who has wandered Europe with various small-time bands, living a life of protest and substance enhanced contemplation. Two vastly different men, the most unlikely of friendships.
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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 The setting here is new, too, and thrilling for myself as a resident of North Wiltshire. Away from his comfort zone, the rugged north, Myers is on fine form with the rolling wheat fields of my adopted county. The descriptions rang true, the images perfectly formed. The Perfect Golden Circle is the perfect short story. That's precisely how it landed with me—a captured moment in time, an excerpt from a much longer narrative of these central characters, how they came together, what would happen to as their lives rolled along... and yet it is a novel, if only because its length shelves it as such.
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. Bathed in moonlight, Myers’s land thrums with more ancient reverberations, too. There is, he writes, “an under-England, a chthonic place of hidden rivers and buried relics, of the bones of extinct animals and battle-slain bodies”. His main characters are acutely aware of it – their industry, it’s hinted, flows from it – and the humbling sense of perspective this confers is balm and inspiration. 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 * Turning Blue (2016) was described as a "folk crime" novel, and praised by writers including Val McDermid. A sequel These Darkening Days followed in 2017. The second option here is to do a private or group tour around the Golden Circle. This option is usually best for those who do not feel comfortable with renting a car or want some more insight into certain places they are visiting.
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In the late 1970s and 80s pranksters Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, constructed circles in field crops using the simplest of tools, a plank and a piece of rope, and succeeded in creating mass hysteria that began in the tabloid media, suspecting alien communication, angelic warning, or simply, supernatural interference, as the cause. Of course, copycats followed.
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Wir haben kolonisiert und geplündert, und dann, wenn wir unschuldige Menschen abgeschlachtet und ihrer Schätze beraubt hatten, sind wir mit Reichtümern heimgekehrt. […] Das Meer ist eine Grenze, eine Begrenzung, und da wir auf einer Insel leben, bilden wir uns ein, wir wären etwas Besonderes. Aber das sind wir nicht. Wir haben bloß Angst, mehr nicht. Wir haben Angst vor der Welt. Und das erzeugt Arroganz und Ignoranz, und Ignoranz ist der Tod des Anstands.“ (S. 67)
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A strange, magical extraordinary book. It's so atmospheric, so strange and affecting. I don't think I've ever read anything quite like it before, and I'm not sure how Myers has made it work, but he has - I was totally gripped by this -- JENN ASHWORTH Mark asked, ‘Your previous novel, The Gallows Pole, has been adapted for television by Shane Meadows. How did this come about?’ You can take a look at the Iceland Helpful Tipsarticle I have up that speaks a bit more about car rentals. Once you have your car, you can simply put in the attractions into the GPS or Google Maps, and start your way around the circle.
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Mark asked, ‘You don't explain in the book exactly how Calvert and Redbone first became pals, but it becomes clear they do have quite an emotional bond, although on the surface they are very different. What has drawn these two together?’ Now that you are in Iceland, you will have to decide how you are getting around the country. There are two main ways to see the Golden Circle – self drive or group/private tour. During the winter months you could get as little as four hours of day light while in the summer you can get close to 24 hours! With that said though, you can really go around the Golden Circle at any time of year.
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