{"product_id":"elephant-complex-travels-in-sri-lanka-paperback","title":"Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Gimlette\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Daily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e No one sees the world quite like John Gimlette. In \u003ci\u003eElephant Complex\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehe ventures into Sri Lanka, a country only now emerging from twenty-six years of civil war. Beginning in the exuberant capital, Colombo, Gimlette ventures out in all directions: to the dry zones where the island's 5,800 wild elephants congregate around ancient reservoirs; through cinnamon country with its Portuguese forts; to the \"Bible Belt\" of Buddhism; then up into Kandy, the country's eccentric, aristocratic Shangri-la. In the course of his journey, Gimlette meets farmers, war heroes, cricketers, terrorists, a former president, survivors of great massacres--and perhaps some of their perpetrators. That's to say nothing of the island's beguiling fauna: elephants, crocodiles, snakes, storks, and the greatest concentration of leopards on Earth. Here is a land of beauty and devastation, a place at once heavenly and hellish--all brought to vibrant, fascinating life here on the page.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN GIMLETTE\u003c\/b\u003e has won the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize and the Wanderlust Travel Writing Award, and he contributes regularly to \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London), \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveller. \u003c\/i\u003eWhen not traveling, he practices law in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749854708000,"sku":"9780345806994","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5bcf540c990303afa45b9242a94ebc0e.webp?v=1779939484","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/elephant-complex-travels-in-sri-lanka-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}