Great Circle

<p><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021</b><br><b>THE <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><br><b><i>TIME</i> MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR<br><br></b><b>A Book of the Year for <i>The Times </i><i>Telegraph Daily Express New Statesman </i><i>Good Housekeeping Daily Mail Mail on Sunday </i><i>Time</i> <i>Esquire The Economist Oprah Daily </i>and <i>Woman and Home</i></b><br><br><b>'A gripping historical adventure that feels sharp fresh and modern'</b><br><i>STYLIST</i><br><br><b>'So beautiful so daring so complete'</b><br>TAYLOR JENKINS REID<br><br><b>'A masterpiece'</b><br>NIGELLA LAWSON<br><br><b>A soaring breathtakingly ambitious novel that weaves together the astonishing lives of a 1950s vanished female aviator and the modern-day Hollywood actress who plays her on screen. For fans of TAYLOR JENKINS REID WILLIAM BOYD and ANN PATCHETT</b><br>_______________________<br>From her days as a wild child in prohibition America to the blitz and glitz of wartime London from the rugged shores of New Zealand to a lonely iceshelf in Antarctica Marian Graves is driven by a need for freedom and danger.<br><br>Determined to live an independent life she resists the pull of her childhood sweetheart and burns her way through a suite of glamorous lovers. But it is an obsession with flight that consumes her most.<br><br>Now as she is about to fulfil her greatest ambition to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole Marian crash lands in a perilous wilderness of ice.<br><br>Over half a century later troubled film star Hadley Baxter is drawn inexorably to play the enigmatic pilot on screen. It is a role that will lead her to an unexpected discovery throwing fresh and spellbinding light on the story of the unknowable Marian Graves.<br><b>_________________________________________</b><br>'<b>Extraordinary' </b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i><br><br><b>'Full of adventure passion and tragedy'</b> <i>THE TIMES</i><br><br><b>'Soars from the very first page' </b><i>SUNDAY EXPRESS</i><br><br><b>'Luminous masterful. Glides seamlessly through 20th century history' </b><i>DAILY TELEGRAPH</i><br><br><b>'Breathtaking' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><br><br><b>'Impressive and gripping' </b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br><br><i>'</i><b>Surprising and moving at every turn' </b><i>GUARDIAN</i><br><b><br><i>'A</i>udacious and</b> <b>Immersive' </b><i>DAILY MAIL</i><br><br><b><i>'</i>Accomplished and ambitious'</b> <i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i><br><br><b><i>Readers love GREAT CIRCLE:</i><br>***** </b>What a read! Immense story with beautifully created characters<br><b>***** </b>A 600 page turner that you are sad to finish<br><b>*****</b> The story is so well researched and planned; historical fiction standing side by side with history itself<br><b>***** </b>This is a stunning achievement my perspective feels fundamentally transformed through reading it<br><b>*****</b> A wonderful saga covering a large chunk of the twentieth century</p>