Elephant Complex - Travels in Sri Lanka by Gimlette, John - 2015

London: Quercus, 2015. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 518 pages. 1 map. 37 illustrations. Sri Lanka is a small island with a long, violent and enthralling history. Home to thousands of wild elephants, this is a place where natural beauty has endured, indifferent to human tragedy. Journeying through its many regions - some haunted by war, many rarely seen by our eyes - award winning travel writer John Gimlette interviews ex-presidents and cricketers, tea planters and terrorists, negotiating the complex relationships of Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim communities and the more sinister forms of tourism. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY BOOK OF 0.09 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1B. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.