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Ring the Hill Paperback – 16 April 2020

by Tom Cox (Author)

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'Always engaging, charming, funny and often moving . . . It made me want to pull on my stoutest boots and follow in his footsteps' Stephen Fry 'Sheer bloody genius . . . I loved it. Then I loved it more' John Lewis-Stempel, author of Meadowlands A hill is not a mountain. You climb it for you, then you put it quietly inside you, in a cupboard marked 'Quite A Lot Of Hills' where it makes its infinitesimal mark on who you are. Ring the Hill is a book written around, and about, hills: it includes a northern hill, a hill that never ends and the smallest hill in England. Each chapter takes a type of hill - whether it's a knoll, cap, cliff, tor or even a mere bump - as a starting point for one of Tom's characteristically unpredictable and wide-ranging explorations. Tom's lyrical, candid prose roams from an intimate relationship with a particular cove on the south coast, to meditations on his great-grandmother and a lesson on what goes into the mapping of hills themselves. Because a good walk in the hills is never just about the hills: you never know where it might lead.

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320 pages
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English
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Unbound
Publication date

16 April 2020
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12.7 x 1.27 x 20.32 cm
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1783529016
ISBN-13

978-1783529018
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About the Author

Tom Cox lives in Norfolk. 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. 21st-Century Yokel was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize, and the titular story of Help the Witch won a Shirley Jackson Award. @cox_tom

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Unbound (16 April 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1783529016
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1783529018
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 1.27 x 20.32 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 280,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 1,607 in Scientist Biographies
- 2,672 in Travel Writing (Books)
- 5,859 in Animal Sciences

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Tom Cox is the author of, among others, the Sunday Times bestselling The Good, The Bad and The Furry and the Wainwright Prize longlisted 21st-Century Yokel. Help the Witch, his first collection of short stories, was published in 2018 and won a Shirley Jackson award.

"21st-Century Yokel is simultaneously the funniest and saddest book about the modern countryside that I know. But no surprise there, because Tom Cox is THE soulman of British literature." - John Lewis-Stempel, author of The Running Hare

"Tom Cox is a very funny writer." - Kate Atkinson

"Made me laugh out loud." - David Sedaris

"Tom Cox writes brilliantly about golf." William Boyd

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Teresa

Engrossing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 29 December 2022

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I rated this book 5 stars as I was totally engrossed from page one.. Tom Cox writes in an unusual manner ..One minute everyday and straightforward the next a little mystery pops up..I like his not quite down to earth approach..I intend to read all his books, already having read Help the Witch and loved it ..

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mello magenta

Nature walks amidst the South West, but it's more complicated than that.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 February 2021

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I've read and re-read (many times) most of Tom's other books, so I'm familiar with his style, which I find amusing and thought provoking, although I do wish he'd curb his use of the eff word, which seems to have increased over the years. Shipley's infamous foul mouth is an exception.
Admittedly I bought this particular book as I'd read it contains the tributes to The Bear and Shipley, including the sad memorial of their last moments of life. It does, which might sound odd, but I have recently lost my two elderly cats so there's some sort of need to dwell a bit on that kind of thing, not sure why.
The first two thirds of the book barely mention cats, as if the author feels a need to write about something different, that being various house moves and subsequent exploration rambles of the new area. I downloaded the book during lockdown 3, so appreciated a vicarious walk of an area I probably won't get to visit for sometime. He tries out life in Eyam, known for it's plague quarantine, again intriguing.
The main reason I deducted one star was the language, but also I didn't like the frequent ghostly aspects that feature, but Tom seems to feel drawn to that realm, and the various pagan beliefs that abound in the South west. It's just a personal thing I feel uncomfortable reading about, especially if I'm about to go to sleep.
The front cover is beautiful, and his mum's linocuts are lovely. There is also some thoughtful photos included which help bring to life what may have been described, including a sweet little The Bear, and a petulant Shipley mouthing off about something.

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Perfect escapism, but to a real world

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 May 2021

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Tom Cox writes in a chatty colloquial style. Informative, humourous, questioning - delivered in a way that feels more like a lengthy chat with a friend than reading a book. I'm proud to have helped crowdfund this work - worth every penny!

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Catzillar

Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 7 June 2021

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On first glance this is one man's ramblings about life in the countryside but what comes through is his larger than life Dad who features in his other books. Read this slowly to savour every word.

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Caroline

Absolutely loved this book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 4 July 2021

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I've read several books by Tom Cox, and I've never been disappointed. This is my kind of person!

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Genre defying brilliance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 21 June 2020

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Really loved it. Beautiful and original read for a storm tossed night. Part history, part memoir, part nature writing, written with humour, verve and poetry. Highly recommended

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Great Read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 3 September 2020

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Great story well written with good doses of humour included. Some interesting historical facts included.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 21 December 2019

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This book is brilliant, if you follow the Author on twitter etc, you will understand the thoughts behind this book, I enjoyed all of he's books and read them more than once.

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