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J.M. Ledgard was born on the Shetland Islands, Scotland, in 1968, and educated in England, Scotland and America. He has been a foreign correspondent for the Economist since 1995. He divides his time between Europe and Africa.
Giraffe is rich, difficult to describe...blade-sharp imagery...Giraffe is important as a work of art. It will probably change your life and if it does it will be for the better -- Todd McEwan * Scottish Review of Books * Giraffe is a work of obvious passion and great skill -- Alex Gibbons * New Statesman * An outstanding debut, sparking with ideas and poetic qualities -- Sam Phipps * Saturday Herald * [P]oetic, multilayered prose...the strangeness of the giraffes' short-lived ""migration'' to Czechoslovakia, Ledgard has found an effective symbol for what he calls ""the brief communist moment'' -- Elena Seymenliyska * Daily Telegraph * There's plenty to like in Legard's novel: not least the wondrous, and gentle, giraffes -- James Flint * Guardian *
