Driving Jarvis Ham

Part Withnail & I, part Gonzo, all comedy, this bizarre, quirky road-trip tale from ex-Carter USM member Jim Bob is an exercise in wrenching comedy out of a simple premise.

Jarvis Ham is an alcoholic out-of-work actor infatuated with Princess Diana and his own records of his triumph over adversity life. He is driven to auditions, castings and memorial services by his best and only friend, an unnamed narrator who views Jarvis with a mixture of tenuous affection and outright curiosity.

Through insights into Jarvis, anecdotes about him and his family, stolen diary entries and found media (flyers, adverts, notes, letters, scripts), we get an insight into this hateful yet loveable figure.

Jim Bob writes with a keen comedic eye. His impeccable timing when telling jokes makes for a series of audible laughs - fellow commuters be aware - and the book manages to be creepy in the funniest way possible.