num_pages: 304
description: A novel based on a bizarre, real-life incident that took place in 1975 Czechoslovakia describes the destruction of the world's largest captive herd of giraffes at a zoo in a small Czech town, recounting the story of the giraffes from their capture in Africa to their apparently senseless slaughter by the secret police. A first novel.
language: English
title: Giraffe
titlecomplete: Giraffe
genres: Historical Fiction, Animals, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Nature, Literature, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 804
publisher: Penguin Press