LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 THE NEW
YORK TIMES BESTSELLER TIME BOOK OF THE YEARA Book of the Year for The Times Telegraph Daily
Express New Statesman Good Housekeeping Daily Mail Mail on Sunday Time Esquire The
Economist Oprah Daily and Woman and Home 'A gripping historical adventure that feels sharp
fresh and modern' STYLIST 'So beautiful so daring so complete' TAYLOR JENKINS REID 'A
masterpiece' NIGELLA LAWSON 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
_______________________ 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. 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. 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. 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. _________________________________________ 'Extraordinary' NEW
YORK TIMES 'Full of adventure passion and tragedy' THE TIMES 'Soars from the very first page'
SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Luminous masterful. Glides seamlessly through 20th century history' DAILY
TELEGRAPH 'Breathtaking' OBSERVER 'Impressive and gripping' SUNDAY TIMES 'Surprising and moving
at every turn' GUARDIAN 'Audacious and Immersive' DAILY MAIL 'Accomplished and ambitious'
FINANCIAL TIMES Readers love GREAT CIRCLE:***** What a read! Immense story with beautifully
created characters ***** A 600 page turner that you are sad to finish ***** The story is so
well researched and planned historical fiction standing side by side with history itself *****
This is a stunning achievement my perspective feels fundamentally transformed through reading
it ***** A wonderful saga covering a large chunk of the twentieth century
