Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling.
J. L. Carr's A Month in the Country was first published in 1980. Tom Birkin, a damaged survivor of World War One, is spending the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting in the village church of Oxgodby. Joined by another veteran, employed to look for a grave outside the churchyard, he uncovers old secrets that bear on his experiences of conflict.
- ISBN10 0140058621
- ISBN13 9780140058628
- Publish Date 22 October 1980 (first published March 1980)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 May 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 120
- Language English