Daren King is a star of the new school of British countercultural prose, author of the cult trilogy Jim the Giraffe, Little Star and Box (Guardian Award 1999...

An Odyssey through the eight circles of hell... Marginal London through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy. A city of miracles and monsters. A city of drunkards...

Giraffe. More specifically, a ghost giraffe named Jim. A somewhat unusual acquaintance for the yuppie Scott Specter, who is slowly becoming satanic from over...