The messages Benjamin Myers imparts center around the environment, friendship, and the healing power of art. The novel is a snapshot of Britain during a moment of change: the ending of the Thatcher regime, its social unrest, crippling unemployment and the fading of the British Empire. It is also a fond homage to an imperiled rural idyll in its final moments before giving way to a hyper-connected globalism. 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 Their designs—which they craft without breaking a single stalk of wheat so that their guerrilla work is art, not destruction—attracts worldwide attention and the speculation of conspiracy theorists and UFO hunters, certain these crop circles are a sign that a life force from beyond Earth is trying to send humans a message. A thrilling introduction to a British literary star and a moving meditation on history, trauma and the urge to create.. .” — Shelf Awareness Set in rural England, 1989, The Perfect Golden Circle tells the story of two men who set out over the course of a summer to form elaborate crop circle patterns in the wheat fields under the cover of darkness. As their circles become increasingly intricate, their work gathers an international cult like following, pushing them to further their designs beyond anything ever seen before. Calvert is a Falklands veteran, suffering post traumatic stress, whilst Redbone is a free-wheeling traveller of sorts, a musician who has wandered Europe with various small-time bands, living a life of protest and substance enhanced contemplation. Two vastly different men, the most unlikely of friendships.

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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.Tied together by the circle makers’ code of silence the pair weave their magic through the darkness of a gorgeously framed natural landscape. But don’t expect a singularly jolly romp down the tramlines. Even in the most beautiful corners of agricultural England the excesses, violence vulnerability and loneliness of the human condition are never far away. They constantly haunt the thoughts and words of Calvert and Redbone and those they stumble across in the early hours.

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It is just important to note that during those short winter days you will not have as much daylight to see everything for a longer period of time. Be sure to prep and dress accordingly so you can get the most out of your time there. Thankfully Iceland has plenty of different tour operators that can take you along the Golden Circle route and teach you a bit about the history of each place in the process. Die Menschen wollen einfach an etwas Größeres als das hier glauben. Etwas Jenseitiges. Das lenkt sie von dem banalen Alltag ihres kleinen Lebens ab. Kann man verstehen.“ (S. 79)

Benjamin Myers’ stories inMale Tearscut right to the heart of the matter. This is fiction to be taken in gulps of pleasure – full of fire and light, wisdom and violence.”—Rob Doyle