A Month in the Country is a novel by J. L. Carr, first published in 1980 and nominated for the Booker Prize. A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... J[oseph] L[loyd] Carr, (May 20, 1912 - February 26, 1994), who often called himself Jim or even James, was an English novelist, publisher, teacher, and eccentric. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in...

The plot concerns two World War I veterans who are employed to carry out restoration work in a village church. Many of the incidents it contains are based on real events in Carr's own life, and some of the characters are closely modelled on his own strict Methodist family. WWI redirects here. ...

The book was later made into a film starring Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh. Colin Firth Colin Firth (born September 10, 1960) is a popular British actor. ... Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10, 1960) is a versatile British actor and film director. ...