A Month In The Country

Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. A Month In The Country by J L Carr follows a man traumatised by war and recovering from a failing marriage, who is hired to restore a church mural in a quiet Yorkshire village.

What We Say: “Carr’s sobering, eloquent and gorgeously written novella leaves you in awe of what a writer can achieve in a little over 120 pages. He gives a masterclass in characterisation and immersion, and manages to subtly devastate, rejuvenate, and exasperate as he plucks the heartstrings of any reader at just the turn of a page” — Jamie Styles

What They Say: "Carr's blessedly small tale of lost love is also a small hymn about art and the compensating joy of the artist, both in giving and receiving. It stays with us, too, and is oddly haunting" - New Yorker

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Jamie Styles is Editorial Assistant at Service95