Jim the Giraffe - Daren King

On hearing that I like giraffes a friend at work lent me this book, on the proviso that I understood that she didn't recommend it, and whilst it wasn't a bad book, she felt the need to distance herself from it!

Jim is a giraffe, but not a normal one, he's a ghost giraffe. Not only that, he appears in Scott's wardrobe one night, and is obsessed with beer, pizza and sex.

Scott does not really care for beer, pizza, or sex - despite the fact that he considers himself to be happily married. Jim is about to change Scott's life.

I can understand Jo's reluctance to 'recommend' this book, it is totally surreal, very rude, and lacking any narrative particularly. It's has if the author's mind has thought of an animal and then wandered off into a dream.

It's unlikely I'll be looking out for any of the author's other books - and this isn't a book I'll be recommending - even to someone who likes giraffes.

Lent to me by Jo at work
26th September - 4th October 2012