← J. L. CarrA Month in the Countryby J. L. CarrNovel of a former soldier finding restoration and love during a country restoration projectFind on Amazon↗About the authorJ. L. CarrCarr 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.More by J. L. CarrThe 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→