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Elephant Complex
John Gimlette
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Description for Elephant Complex
Paperback. A Spectator Book of the Year 2015. From Ceylon to the Tamil Tigers, the first in-depth account of Sri Lanka by an award-winning travel writer. Num Pages: 528 pages, 2x8pp colour plate sections. BIC Classification: 1FKS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
A gripping account of an under-reported island' Spectator, Book of the Year '[A] brilliant new book about an island that has a geography from heaven and a history from hell' Daily Telegraph 'A brilliant work of travel, history and psychological insight . . . astute and sympathetic . . . very funny' Wall Street Journal Everyone has wanted a piece of paradise John Gimlette - winner of the Dolman Prize and the Shiva Naipaul Prize for Travel Writing - is the kind of traveller you'd want by your side. Whether hacking ... Read more
A gripping account of an under-reported island' Spectator, Book of the Year '[A] brilliant new book about an island that has a geography from heaven and a history from hell' Daily Telegraph 'A brilliant work of travel, history and psychological insight . . . astute and sympathetic . . . very funny' Wall Street Journal Everyone has wanted a piece of paradise John Gimlette - winner of the Dolman Prize and the Shiva Naipaul Prize for Travel Writing - is the kind of traveller you'd want by your side. Whether hacking ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
riverrun
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782067993
SKU
V9781782067993
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About John Gimlette
John Gimlette is the winner of the Shiva Naipaul Prize for Travel Writing. He crossed the Soviet Union at the age of seventeen, worked in Argentina on the eve of war and has travelled to over eighty countries. He has published four previous books: At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, Theatre of Fish, Panther Soup and Wild Coast (winner ... Read more
Reviews for Elephant Complex
Witty, detailed adventures, drawing on local characters he meets . . . Gimlette hears from ex-presidents, tea-planters, terrorists and pilgrims, exploring the country from the capital, Colombo, to the ancient reservoirs that attract the island's thousands of wild elephants
Guardian, Best New Travel Books
Travel books by writer, barrister and Londoner John Gimlette win praise for their witty, ... Read more
Guardian, Best New Travel Books
Travel books by writer, barrister and Londoner John Gimlette win praise for their witty, ... Read more