{"product_id":"the-perfect-golden-circle-9781685890391","title":"The Perfect Golden Circle","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBOSTON GLOBE\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An epic human tale that feels as if it was ripped from English folklore. One in which questions of friendship, creatiive expression, and the life purpose collde with modern British history. A must-read for every Anglophile.\"--Roger Bennett, Men in Blazers, author of \u003ci\u003e(Re)Born in the USA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSummer 1989, deep in the English countryside -- during a time of mass unemployment, class war, and rebellion . . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving and exhilarating, tender and slyly witty, \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Golden Circle\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating novel about the futility of war, the descruction of the English countryside, class inequality -- and the power of beauty to heal trauma and fight power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Myers\u003c\/b\u003e is a British former music journalist whose work appeared in leading publications including NME, Melody Maker, MOJO and Kerrang. He has since gone on to become one of the UK's leading novelists, with several award-winning books including \u003ci\u003eThe Gallows Pole\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction; \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003eOffing, which was a \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003e(of London) and BBC Radio book of the year; and \u003ci\u003ePig Iron, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Gordon Burn Prize. He has also published poetry and short fiction, and has continued to write journalism for such publications as \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in England's Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680301912338,"sku":"9781685890391","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a63e6033-e86e-4793-8fa6-37f5353d73db.jpg?v=1765971704","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-perfect-golden-circle-9781685890391","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}