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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Elephant Complex: Travels In Sri Lanka ISBN13: 9780345806994 ISBN10: 0345806999 Author: Gimlette, John (Author) Description: Brilliant --The Daily Telegraph No One Sees The World Quite Like John Gimlette In Elephant Complex, He 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 Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: 2017-03-21 Weight: 1 lbs Dimensions: 1.3'' H x 7.8'' L x 5.3'' W Number of Pages: 448 Language: English