"Giraffe" by J.M. Ledgard *****

• Audiobook
• Scottish author
• Based on a true story
• Originally published 2006
• Review:  A powerful story....or allegory.....or work of historical fiction....how about all three?  Parallels are drawn between life under Communist rule in Eastern Europe and the lives of giraffes stolen from their natural habitat, trucked to zoo captivity, and then gunned down.  Which is historical and which is fiction?  Tough to say......read this but be prepared to agonize, empathize and hold your breath.  Moving, horrifying, and very well written.