{"product_id":"elephant-complex-travels-in-sri-lanka-vintage-departures-0345806999","title":"Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka (Vintage Departures)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0345806999\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gimlette, John\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliant. -The Daily TelegraphNo 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 islands 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 countrys 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. Thats to say nothing of the islands 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51738846495008,"sku":"NEW0345806999","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91g4rI0htiL.jpg?v=1779614229","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/elephant-complex-travels-in-sri-lanka-vintage-departures-0345806999","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}