Jim Giraffe - Brossura

King, Daren

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0385661347 ISBN 13: 9780385661348

Casa editrice: Anchor Canada, 2005

Riassunto

Scott Spectrum is being haunted by a ghost giraffe named Jim. Scott thinks he’s a man how has everything — a high-speed internet connection, alien-shaped slippers, and a beautiful wife called Continence. But Scott hasn’t touched her in years and she’s been left furiously polishing the sideboard, dreaming of black stallions. According to Jim, Scott’s days are numbered, and to save himself from certain death from sexual repression he must quickly perform every act in the lovermaker’s lexicon.

Jim Giraffe knows a lot about sex, luckily. He also loves pizza and beer and has breath that smells of tree-tops. The prudish Scott is at first shocked by this profane, perverted ghost giraffe, but he accepts his help. Little does Scott realize that Jim has his own agenda and that his suburban idyll is about to be well and truly buggered up.

Following on from the cult classic Boxy an Star, Daren King has written another extraordinary novel: highly original and linguistically ingenious, naïve and knowing, utterly charming, filthy, and very, very funny.

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Recensione:

"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

L'autore:

Daren King was born in Harlow, Essex. His first novel, Boxy and Star, was shortlisted for the 1999 Guardian First Book Award.

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• Editore: Anchor Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0385661347
• ISBN 13: 9780385661348
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 225