Everything Will Swallow You
Reading and Q and A with author Tom Cox. The ticket includes a signed copy of the book and a reserved seat.
Presented by: Field System| 0 | ASHBURTON: Field System (info) |
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| P | Thursday 11th September, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:00pm Start time: 7:30pm |
| . | 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) |
| C | Literature |
Event information
Join us in the Field System Gallery for a reading and Q and A with Everything Will Swallow You author, Tom Cox. The ticket, which is the same as the book's cover price, includes a signed copy of the book and a reserved seat!
ABOUT 'EVERYTHING WILL SWALLOW YOU':
Eric and Carl live in Dorset in a small white cottage under the shadow of a big cliff. Eric sells old records and antiques. Carl cooks, cleans and crochets. Nearing seventy, Eric is a lifelong accumulator of obscure objects whose easygoing, chaotic approach to life masks some of the unaddressed sadness of his past. The significantly younger Carl is an old soul who has a sophisticated emotional intelligence and likes swimming, mid-century female novelists, fibre arts and Dolly Parton. If you passed them on a walk, you may not pay them much attention. Most likely you would see Carl’s long floppy ears, tail and fur and mistake him for a dog.
The story of Eric and Carl's friendship spans twenty-one years: a constant anchor in a changing world. During that time they adopt an eccentric, unlikely gang of fellow travellers. Their wanderings through South West England unfold against a backdrop of lived, local folklore and hints at future apocalypse. All the while, Carl's true nature remains a closely guarded secret.
Tom Cox's third novel is a rare gem, centred around the importance of friendship, the power of landscape and the joy of accepting the unusual. Everything Will Swallow You will make you think deeply about the place you occupy in the grand scheme of things and give fresh perspectives on how to live and love in the present moment.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tom Cox was born in Nottinghamshire in 1975 and now lives in
Devon. His fifteen Books include Villager, 1983, the Sunday
Times top ten bestseller The Good, The Bad And The Furry, the Wainwright Prize-longlisted 21st-Century Yokel and Help The Witch, which won a Shirley Jackson Horror Writing award.
