J. L. Carr
Carr was a Northamptonshire schoolmaster whose A Month in the Country is one of the most perfect short novels of the twentieth century, a meditation on beauty, loss, and the aftermath of the Great War. His other novels are equally idiosyncratic.
Works
- A Month in the CountryNovel of a former soldier finding restoration and love during a country restoration project
- The Harpole Report
- How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. CupHumorous novel about an underdog football club's improbable FA Cup victory
- A Season in Sinji
- The Battle of Pollocks Crossing