Curious Events Lately Occurring In This Neighbourhood

Description

The Immortal Executive Branch Manager Of Primordial Evil For Southwest Britain is experiencing a crippling crisis of confidence. Lucky, then, that Tom Cox is on hand to capture his plight in print. Curious Events Lately Occurring In This Neighbourhood also features an erudite badger; a poet-prejudiced bookshop owner and his larcenous young apprentice; a worried businesswoman spying on her ex-husband from a tree; a mysterious stone that gives shocking insight into true identities, and many more surreal and humorous scenarios.

The second collection of short fiction from Tom Cox will take you on a wild ride through the portals of his psychedelic imagination. Into the kind of parallel worlds perhaps accessed through the hollow of an ancient tree… suddenly up-ended worlds holding up a warped mirror to our own. You might even have the uncanny sensation that this book has been carved from an enchanted piece of wood specifically for you.

Cover and Illustrations by Joe McLaren

About the Author: Tom Cox was born in Nottinghamshire in 1975 and now lives in Dorset. His sixteen books include Everything Will Swallow You, Villager, 1983, the Sunday Times top ten bestseller The Good, The Bad And The Furry, and the Wainwright Prize-longlisted 21st-Century Yokel and Help The Witch, which won a Shirley Jackson Horror Writing award.

Praise for this Sunday Times bestselling author’s writing:

“Tom Cox has become one of the most reliably readable and enchanting (not to mention hilarious) writers around” Stephen Fry

“Made me laugh out loud” David Sedaris