Kirjahaku

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

An amusing 30 year journey through the UK's rave and drug culture seen from the very personal perspective of 'Jimmy Hydro'. Telling the story of one man's passion for cannabis smoking, ganja growing and raving, it recalls everything from Jim's euphoric first spliff to his eventual incarceration at the age of 42 for class-B drug offences. A lighthearted tale of 'drug-dealing done properly', without any of the gangsters, guns and egos normally associated with this type of publication. Compared to the antics of the Kray twins or Pablo Escobar, this book is definitely one which the average UK raver can relate to in the bucketload (and yes, the bucket is full of pills and weed).