Tom Cox

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“Hilarious.” - Stephen Fry. “Made me laugh out loud.” - David Sedaris. “Very funny.” - Kate Atkinson. "Psychedelic." - The Guardian. Enquiries: Joanna Swainson at Hardman & Swainson. tomcox.substack.com

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Hello new followers! I've removed the paywall from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you probably won't...

www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

tom-cox.comThe Village Message BoardIts authenticity was discredited because of his reputation, but also because he was quick with gin at the time and wearing an item of knitwear back to front.
@rebeccafarkas.bsky.socialReposted by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

I am very much enjoying ‘Everything Will Swallow You’ and also thinking that I can cement my reputation for irreverent reading recommendations at my book club with this one!

@rooie.bsky.socialReposted by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

I’m not a great reviewer of books. But this seems to me to be a quiet book (so far, at least…I’m on page 83) that will stick with me after I finish. I’m savoring it.

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Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan.”

@ligerlillie.bsky.socialReposted by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

Shoutout to the Harlaxton College faculty room, which I swear ONLY has books Like This “The English: Are They Human?” will always be “Ducks: and How to Make Them Pay” level to me.

The cover of “Tramp Camping: The Most Complete Pocket Book for the Open-Air Enthusiast, with Many Drawings” by W. L. Pember. The words “Tramp Camping” are done in Neuland. The cover is light green with black text.The very light brown cover of Better Sight Without Glasses by Harry BenjaminThe title page of “The English: Are They Human?” by G. J. Renier Beards by Reginald Reynolds. The dark brown cover features numerous famous men with beards. The text is in white.
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Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan.”

@echosounder.bsky.socialReposted by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

I’ve seen him!! He does “mind your car mister?” for a pound a car outside Carlisle’s ground Always wants paid in advance but I think he buggers off as soon as the game starts

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Ponies and horses can be so kind. Here is one I asked to guard my car for me. Told him I’d definitely be back in no more than 45 minutes then ended up gone for a whole six hours. He stayed diligently at his post the whole time. What a guy!

A horse with bootcut trousers looking after my Toyota Yaris on Minchinhampton Common several years ago. Additional fact: this was the day I was sent by a newspaper to play golf nearby with the actor Keith Allen. I was a bit worried about it because the last time we'd tried to arrange it Keith's manager had told me he'd vanished one some form of lost weekend, and I'd been told by some he could be a bit... volatile. He turned out to be extremely charming, told me a good story about The Incredible String Band and was magnanimous in golfing defeat. P.S. The caption is a lie. The round of golf only took four hours, after which I relieved the pony from his duties.
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