Scott Spectrum, Head Script Writer, Science Fiction Channel, is being haunted by a ghost giraffe called Jim. Scott thinks he is the man who has everything - high speed Internet connection, hitech armchair, alien shaped slipper, a beautiful wife called Continence...But according to Jim, Scott's days are numbered. Jim is on a mission to save Scott from certain death by sexual repression. He hasn't touched Continence for years and she's left furiously polishing the sideboard, dreaming of black stallions. To save himself, Scott must perform every sex act in the lovemaker's lexicon. Jim Giraffe knows all about sex. He also love pizza and beer and breath that smells of tree tops. The prudish Scott is at first shocked by his perverted foul-mouthed yellow and blue saviour. But he accepts Jim's help and comes to see him as his best friend. Little does he realise that the ghost giraffe has his own agenda and that his suburban idyll is about to be turned upside down.
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"A terrific ride. . . . Hilarious. . . . So energetic and unique you'll follow it anywhere."
—Toronto Star
“This is the best book about a morally reprehensible ghost giraffe I’ve ever read. Hilarious, filthy, and insane, Jim Giraffe is relentlessly wonderful.”
—Dan Rhodes
“A brilliant, funny, unforgettable book, one that explodes taboos...in a way that's fresh and fearless....It’s extremely hard to analyse or describe the magic of this extraordinary work”
—The Independent
“Jim Giraffe is a work from the uppermost echelon of imagination, a twisting, supercharged affront to the mundane; King masterfully juggles all we hold dear before dousing it in napalm and setting it alight in this liberating, free-spirited book — read it and feel the wind through you hair (then fit a padlock to your wardrobe!).”
—D.B.C. Pierre, author of Vernon God Little
“Daren King is a genius and Jim Giraffe is a masterpiece.”
—Matt Thorne
“King has one of the most imaginative and unique voices around.”
—Esquire
From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
—Toronto Star
“This is the best book about a morally reprehensible ghost giraffe I’ve ever read. Hilarious, filthy, and insane, Jim Giraffe is relentlessly wonderful.”
—Dan Rhodes
“A brilliant, funny, unforgettable book, one that explodes taboos...in a way that's fresh and fearless....It’s extremely hard to analyse or describe the magic of this extraordinary work”
—The Independent
“Jim Giraffe is a work from the uppermost echelon of imagination, a twisting, supercharged affront to the mundane; King masterfully juggles all we hold dear before dousing it in napalm and setting it alight in this liberating, free-spirited book — read it and feel the wind through you hair (then fit a padlock to your wardrobe!).”
—D.B.C. Pierre, author of Vernon God Little
“Daren King is a genius and Jim Giraffe is a masterpiece.”
—Matt Thorne
“King has one of the most imaginative and unique voices around.”
—Esquire
From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
From the Inside Flap
A highly original and very funny story about a man, Scott, haunted by a ghost giraffe who knows a lot about sex. Although Scott eventually comes to see him as his best friend, Jim Giraffe has his own agenda.
--This text refers to an alternate
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant!,
By Shizly (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jim Giraffe (Paperback)
I love this book, it's funny and brilliant. Be warned, it's very sexual. The protagonist is repressed and the giraffe is the opposite. I laughed out loud so many times.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A comic novel with a big heart,
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This review is from: Jim Giraffe (Paperback)
A largely unheralded novel on this side of the big pond, penned by a Brit author with talent to burn. Scott Spectrum is a man going through the motions: he rarely touches his wife, barely notices anything outside his job as a writer for a popular series on the Science Fiction Channel. One night there's a commotion in Scott's closet and he discovers...a ghostly giraffe with the vocabulary of a drunken sailor. Jim Giraffe has apparently taken it upon himself to save Scott from his dead end existence. Their exchanges are hilarious and profane and JIM GIRAFFE takes on the guise of a perverse version of the old Jimmy Stewart film "Harvey". JIM GIRAFFE deserves a wider readership and Daren King, who also authored BOXY AN STAR, could well acquire a cult following. Remember his name...
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