21st-Century Yokel
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (577 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06Y1F3KT4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 196 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
But what emerges from this focus on the small are themes that are broader and bigger and more definitive. It's full of Devon's local folklore - the ancient kind, and the everyday kind - and provincial places and small things. The book is illustrated with Tom's own landscape photographs and linocuts by his mother.. 21st-Century Yokel explores the way we can be tied inescapably to landscape, whether we like it or not, often through our family and our past. It's not quite a nature book, not quite a humour book, not quite a family memoir, not quite folklore, not quite social history, not quite a collection of essays, but a bit of all seven. It contains owls, badgers, ponies, beavers, otters, bats, bees, scarecrows, dogs, ghosts, Tom's loud and excitable dad and, yes, even a few cats. The feel of the book has a lot in common with the country walks Tom Cox was on when he composed much of it- it's bewitched by fresh air, intrepid in minor ways, haunted by weather and old stories and the spooky edges of the outdoors, restless, sometimes foolish, and prone to a few detours but it always reaches its intended destination. The book's language is colloquial and easy and its eleven chapters are discursive and wide-ranging, rambling even
A one time music journalist he is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling The Good, The Bad and The Furry and the William Hill Sports Book longlisted Bring Me The Head of Sergio Garcia. . Tom Cox lives in Devon with his cats
About the Author Tom Cox lives in Devon with his cats. A one time music journalist he is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling The Good, The Bad and The Furry and the William Hill Sports Book longlisted Bring Me The Head of Sergio Garcia.