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Driving Jarvis Ham [Hardcover]

Jim Bob (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 10 May 2012

A brilliantly witty story of unconventional, unwavering, and regularly exasperating friendship.

INCLUDES A FREE DOWNLOAD OF A NEW JIM BOB E.P.

Meet Jarvis Ham: tea-room assistant, diarist, lift-cadger, Princess Di fan, secret alcoholic, and relentless seeker of fame. Jarvis may be an all-round irritant, but he’s harmless, and deep down, you know, he’s got a heart of gold. Hasn’t he?

As his oldest (and only) friend reflects on his life with Jarvis Ham – infatuations, questionable hairstyles, home-made charity singles, reality TV auditions, paedophile alerts at the local swimming baths – he wonders what it would have been like if they had never met. But what are you going to do? He’s a mate. DRIVING JARVIS HAM is a novel for anyone who has ever found themself looking across at a childhood friend, and wondering why they still know them.

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  • Hardcover: 200 pages
  • Publisher: The Friday Project (10 May 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007468318
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007468317
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.6 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 344,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Very creepy. Luckily, very funny as well.' NIKESH SHUKLA, author of COCONUT UNLIMITED

‘Driving Jarvis Ham is a darkly comic novel, hilarious in parts’ INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

‘Rude, crude but hysterically funny’ NEW BOOKS MAGAZINE

‘An idiosyncratic modern comedy for our times’ ANDREW COLLINS

‘Very bloody funny indeed, in a creepy, original way.’ EMLYN REES, author of Come Together

‘Some real laugh out loud moments.’ ESSIE FOX, author of The Somnambulist

About the Author

Jim Bob is an author, musician, father and occasional (onetime) musical theatre star. He lives in South London, and holidays in Devon.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Genuinely Funny Book 13 May 2012
By JohnBrassey
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Driving Jarvis Ham by Jim Bob opens with "Would you drink a pint of your own piss?", a brilliant line but one that might deter the more sensitive reader. But, sensitive reader - any reader, I urge you to proceed beyond this and the increasingly gross challenges that Jarvis and our narrator are discussing in one of their "in car" games and enjoy an extremely funny tale of a childhood friendship that came about one day at school and continued for the next thirty years. Jarvis is a Princess Diana obsessive, wannabe actor, wannabe pop star, wannabe anything famous. He's got none of the attributes that might give him even a smidgeon of a chance to realise those dreams - his classmates called him "balloon head", he can't sing and he can't act but somehow, our narrator, his only friend, sticks with him and indulges him with lifts to his no hope auditions and am-dram flops.

Something more sinister lurks beneath Jarvis' loser existence as the novel develops through a clever combination of diaries and other mementos some discovered by his friend, some written by him. I love the friendly narrative conversational style. There are also some brilliant illustrations that alone would justify a "laugh out loud" quote on the back (although there are more than enough laughs even without them). Our narrator earns a living writing funny one-liners for Christmas crackers, fortune cookies and church posters (ruining my long held belief that the vicar at our local Methodist church must be Southport's funniest man) and he relates the story with wonderful humour and style.

Do read it - if you buy the electronic edition you even get four free songs by Jim Bob to download and enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Driving Jarvis Ham by Jim Bob 11 May 2012
By Dascha
Format:Hardcover
I am often exasperated with old friends, new friends, people in general, confusing creatures. Rarely is this captured and so eloquently put in a novel format. Although maybe rarely never so darkly and yet gently wittingly hewn down. What would life be like if we just walked away years ago makes you wonder. (Different and probably less frustrating.) Hilariously witty yet dark like a very bitter yet delicious chocolate. (And who doesn't enjoy a nibble of that!)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bloomin great! 14 May 2013
By Roo
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Love this book, totally hilarious! Actually had to stop reading it in public as I laughed so hard! Product arrived promptly, well packaged. Gave this copy to a friend who is enjoying it as much as I did, would highly recommend!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
Just excellent all the way. My only criticism was that it came to an end way to soon for me. Or was it that I couldn't put the smegger down? Who knows? Who cares?! Read more
Published 11 days ago by Mr. R. M. Munoz
5.0 out of 5 stars Ham and Ham
It took me far too long to buy this book, which makes me an idiot. Firstly, this is one of the funniest books I've ever read, Jim Bob's comic timing is second to none. Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. Wolfenden
2.0 out of 5 stars Don't. Just don't.
I bought this on the strength of the early customer reviews. I remember the Carter USM days and there were some good moments amid all the nonsense. Read more
Published 7 months ago by NorYor
5.0 out of 5 stars Do Not Feel Sorry For Jarvis Ham
But I do! I really, really do, and it's Jim Bob's skill at creating a character that's to blame. Jarvis is awful, if I knew him in real life I would hate him, but it's not real... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Janina Matthewson
5.0 out of 5 stars A fabulously wry book
Quality, and exactly what I expected from a proven wordsmith such as Jim Bob. Having been a fan since early Carter USM days of Jim Bob's use of language to convey image and... Read more
Published 9 months ago by p n starbuck
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It
Enjoyable, witty, laugh out loud funny, and a little tragic.
Best Friends will always do you right in the end!
Thanks Jim Bob
Published 12 months ago by Kath Heard
5.0 out of 5 stars (Worryingly) We all know a Jarvis Ham
Having loved Storage Stories, Jim Bob's previous novel, I was pretty sure this wouldn't disappoint me. I was hooked from the opening paragraph. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jonny
5.0 out of 5 stars Another quality read
Anyone familiar with Jim Bob's previous life with Carter USM will know that he's a fantastic lyricist. Well he's equally as good when it comes to this medium. Read more
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So, I bought this book by this author who happens to be one of my favourite song-writers of all time. Read more
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