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The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers review – grand

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 reviewBut I also was part of this friendship that you read about, I was there during their conversations, I was present. I learnt about their lives, their fears and anxieties, when they were pained I was pained. I felt their frustrations and shared them too. Myers brought me into that field, introduced me to Redbone and Calvert and want to thank him for that, I want to praise him for that... there is nothing greater than this feeling from a book and this one will live long in the memory. Powerful, visceral writing . . . Benjamin Myers is one to watch.” — Pat Barker, author of Regeneration Es ist ein heißer Sommer 1989 in England und die beiden Freunde Calvert und Redbone haben große Pläne. Beide einsam, traumatisiert und in der Schwebe wollen sie gemeinsam den perfekten Kornkreis erschaffen, ohne dass jemand davon erfährt.

Perfect Golden Circle, by Benjamin Myers Book review: The Perfect Golden Circle, by Benjamin Myers

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 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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Mark began the interview by asking Benjamin about the lead characters. ‘Calvert and Redbone, the two mates that we follow in this book, who are they and what are they up to?’ There are aspects of The Perfect Golden Circle that flow through many of his novels - poetic prose, beautiful descriptions of the landscape, subtle social commentary. Book by book, over the past decade, Ben Myers has proved himself to be one of the most singular, moving, and crucial voices of our times.” — David Peace, author of the Red Riding Quartet 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.