{"product_id":"elephant-complex-john-gimlette-9780345806994","title":"Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Daily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Gimlette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0345806999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345806994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.30w x 1.30d","brand":"John Gimlette","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44860082487551,"sku":"9780345806994","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a707828-b6ca-4e18-becc-07bfc87968db.jpg?v=1709135357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/elephant-complex-john-gimlette-9780345806994","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}