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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.
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Giraffe, J.M. Ledgard
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- 2006
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- Title
- Giraffe
- Language
- English
- Authors
- J.M. Ledgard
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 1594200998
- ISBN13
- 9781594200991
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Nature, Historical Fiction, Animals, Africa, Executions, Giraffes, Josef Vágner, 1928-2000, Zoo Dvůr Králové
- First published
- 2006
- Original title
- Giraffe
- Rating
- 3.3 out of 5
- 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.