{"product_id":"the-perfect-golden-circle-benjamin-myers-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Myers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685890393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685890391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.43w x 0.79d","brand":"Benjamin Myers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078219526399,"sku":"9781685890391","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1c7ea0b-9717-4900-a561-cfc5de45e6ac.jpg?v=1685474228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-perfect-golden-circle-benjamin-myers-9781685890391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}