One should always hesitate before calling a book “magical.”  In fact, you probably shouldn’t do it more than once every three or four years.  But sometimes, very rarely, I find that it’s the only adjective that works. It took a while for J.L. Carr to cast his spell on me with A Month in the Country.  The opening is frankly full of clichés I usually try … Continue reading A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr