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 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 (Re)Born in the USA

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Pig Ironis an important book because it tells a story that has shaped all contemporary Western humans, but is routinely, inexplicably overlooked – the great move from agricultural life to industrial life. The respect in which that shapes human culture and individual humans.”—Deborah OrrAn investigation of trauma, class, healing and male friendship * GUARDIAN, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 * Themes of British colonisation weigh heavily throughout the narrative, informed mostly by Calvert’s experiences of fighting in the Falklands war. I found this interesting within a contemporary novel, the exploration of colonialism, that is. Hand in hand with this is Calvert’s feelings against war and his disdain for the British aristocracy. Woven together, it makes for a powerful sentiment encapsulated within a poetically beautiful novel about fighting trauma and power in the most imaginative of ways. 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 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 review

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This is the second novel by Benjamin Myers that I have read, Beastings being the first. The Perfect Golden Circle couldn’t be more different to Beastings, which was far darker and written in a completely different style. Yet, the beauty of Benjamin’s writing persists across both novels. I really do need to read more of his work, I love the way he writes. Take this, for example, which is about an eclipse: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?’ A person with an interest in the crop circle phenomenon. Such individuals may be of varying belief, sanity and intelligence. Quietly gripping … Written with Myers’s customary grit and brio … A welcome advance, one that sees Myers effortlessly extending his range.”— The Guardian

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An odd and winsome pleasure: a novel of friendship, collaboration, and environmental guerrilla art * KIRKUS *

The Perfect Golden Circle staggers the reader with its wit and beauty and the power of its charged poetry. Myers offers both a soulful portrait of a friendship between two damaged, resilient men and a series of striking glimpses into war, mythology, politics, history, the natural world and art. Like the creations of its protagonists, the impressions this novel leaves are majestic, mysterious and lasting -- SAM LIPSYTE One of the most interesting, restless writers of his generation ... Unfurling at the unhurried pace of a fern, it's an evocatively lyrical paean to the countryside - deeply felt and closely observed * DAILY MAIL * Quietly gripping ... Written with Myers's customary grit and brio ... A welcome advance, one that sees Myers effortlessly extending his range * GUARDIAN * 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.’ The beauty of Myers' language alone is reward enough to read this superb novel, but The Perfect Golden Circle offers so much more: an all-too-rare literary depiction of rural England, the depths of the two central characters, the class and ecological concerns; but most of all the human need for what the Welsh poet Bobi Jones called the boundless mystery that comforts being. A truly remarkable novel -- RON RASH

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On Thursday 12th May, Mark Forrest invited journalist and writer Benjamin Myers into the Scala Radio Book Club, to chat about his brand-new novel The Perfect Golden Circle. Mark asked, ‘You've worked previously as a music journalist. I wonder, was that always the ambition, or was writing novels always your aspiration?’

Myers [writes] fierce, gale-driven prose that speaks to and of the northern English landscape out of which the story rises.” — Robert Macfarlane, author The Lost Words A thrilling introduction to a British literary star and a moving meditation on history, trauma and the urge to create.. .” — Shelf Awareness