The Perfect Golden Circle: Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2022

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Crop circles require meticulous planning. As well as weathering minor inconveniences such as hay fever and rain, the pair must also remain vigilant against interruption. As it turns out, these rural nights are buzzing not just with wildlife but with fly-tippers, confused nonagenarians, and sloshed lords of the manor. Calvert and Redbone are two friends who make crop circles over the course of the summer of 1989, in the fields of Wiltshire,’ said Benjamin. ‘They kind of exist on the fringes of society and only really feel at peace when they're out in the fields at night. So the novel is set entirely over the course of ten different weekends under the covers of darkness.’ Ganz ruhig schreibt Benjamin Myers die Geschichte dieser Freundschaft. Dabei gibt es immer wieder schöne zwischenmenschliche Momente und wunderschöne Naturbeschreibungen. Gerade aufgrund der ruhigen Geschichte treten die tiefgründigen Gedanken in den Mittelpunkt. Der Schreibstil ist wie bereits im ersten Buch vom Autor angenehm und irgendwie gemütlich, was vor allem auch Ulrike Wasel und Klaus Timmermann als Übersetzenden zu verdanken ist. Benjamin Myers is fast making the contested boundary between history and folklore his own. The ballad of Redbone and Calvert somehow combines the ease and warmth of T he Offing with the sinew and menace of The Gallows Pole -- JOHN MITCHINSON The glue that holds this story together is the relationship and development of our two protagonists. We're treated to a small cast, two ageing men. Calvert, who is a traumatized veteran and Redbone a chaotic, rogue who is troubled in his own way by the visions he has which they transfer to the canvas of the fields in their nightly raids. We get to know these characters over the course of the book, we walk alongside them as they chat the fat. They were strangers at the story's opening and by the conclusion, they have become dear friends and we are completely and utterly invested in their lives.

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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.’

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Recipient of the Roger Deakin Award and first published by Bluemoose Books, Myers' novel The Gallows Pole was published to acclaim in 2017 and was winner of the Walter Scott Prize 2018 - the world's largest prize for historical fiction. It has been published in the US by Third Man Books and is currently in development for screen adaptation. Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very different men - traumatized ex-soldier Calvert, and affable and chaotic Redbone - set out nightly in a decrepit 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, designs so intricate that they inspire the kind of awe that the ancient Gothic cathedral in nearby Salisbury once inspired. 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. Nobody does troubled figures in a stunning landscape like Ben Myers. He’s a major force in the English novel and he gets better with every book.” — Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers

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REZENSION - „Solange ich atme, hoffe ich“. Dieses Mantra einer der beiden Hauptfiguren im neuen Roman „Der perfekte Kreis“ des britischen Schriftstellers Benjamin Myers (45), erschienen im September beim Dumont Verlag, zeigt in wenigen Worten, dass trotz aller Mühen unser Wirken auf Erden unvollkommen ist. Vollkommenheit bleibt eine unerfüllte und wohl unerfüllbare Hoffnung. Auf diesen Widerspruch zwischen Hoffnung und Wirklichkeit verweist auch der Titel dieser wunderbaren Novelle, kann es doch den perfekten Kreis nicht geben, wie schon das Cover mit der Abbildung des Ensō-Symbols aus der japanischen Kalligraphie deutlich macht. Nur ein vollkommener Mensch könne demnach ein wahres Ensō zeichnen, während die Öffnung Unvollkommenheit symbolisiert. One of my books of the year … It’s the best thing Myers has done.”―Robert Macfarlane, Big Issue Books of the Year Der perfekte Kreis“ von Benjamin Myers ist ein ganz ganz leises Buch, das sich mühelos in mein Herz verpflanzt hat. Wieder einmal schafft Benjamin Myers hier Zeilen, in denen ich einfach so viel finden konnte und mit denen er all meine Sinne berührt hat! Der Roman kommt ohne starken Spannungsbogen daher. Es geht eher um die Freundschaft der beiden Protagonisten, ihre Erlebnisse und Traumata und sehr gelungene Naturbeschreibungen der Natur und Landschaft Englands. Der Erzählton ist ruhig und gemütlich, hat Tiefgang und tolle sprachliche Bilder. Trotzdem konnte mich diese Geschichte nicht genauso begeistern wie "offene See". Redbone und Calvert kamen mir nicht nah genug und auch fehlte mir ein gewisser Spannungsbogen. Take a look at Viator forsome of the highly rated day trip tour optionsthat can take care of everything for you along the way.

Even as the book explores a 33-year-old historical moment, its concerns — income inequality, police brutality and climate change, among them — remain remarkably current.” — The Southern California News Group they tell a strange story, create a narrative. More than anything, they are something to believe in during cynical times … Hope is the human currency, and we’re spreading it about.” This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by A second option is snorkeling or diving between the continental tectonic plates – a very unique opportunity and one that not everyone can say they have done. For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial.

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Redbone und Calvert sind zwei Freunde, wie sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein können. Aber das ist ja – zumeist – eine gute Basis für eine Freundschaft. Denn bei allen Unterschieden gibt es natürlich auch Gemeinsamkeiten; so ihre Liebe zur Natur, zur Freiheit – und zur Erschaffung von Kornkreisen. Sie wollen den „perfekten Kreis“ gestalten, obwohl Myers seinen Protagonisten Redbone sagen lässt: Mark asked, ‘You've worked previously as a music journalist. I wonder, was that always the ambition, or was writing novels always your aspiration?’ A darkly beautiful dual-timeline novel with a captivating mystery, for fans of Diane Setterfield, Kate Morton, Kate Mosse and Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Under the surface though, it is a fascinating study of male friendship, set against the land of the rural landscape, always a real feature in Myers's writing, and present in all of his novels. A person with an interest in the crop circle phenomenon. Such individuals may be of varying belief, sanity and intelligence.As a journalist he has written about the arts and nature for publications including New Statesman, The Guardian, The Spectator, NME, Mojo, Time Out, New Scientist, Caught By The River, The Morning Star, Vice, The Quietus, Melody Maker and numerous others. In this folksy, magnetic tale, two outsiders seek healing and enlightenment by creating crop formations in a Wiltshire field ... A memorable hymn to beauty' OBSERVER