On India's North-East frontier a killer elephant is reported to be on the rampage. Local authorities call in one of India's last licensed elephant killers. Reading about the ensuing hunt in a Delhi newspaper, Tarquin Hall flies to Assam to investigate, convinced that no elephant could be guilty of murdering farmers.
However as he discovers that the country's elephants have lost their habitat and are at war with the local population, he comes to understand that though a victim of human cruelty, the cunning man-killer is not innocent either. Stalking Assam's paddy fields, he has murdered dozens of farmers, crushing their bodies and mutilating them.
A wonderful adventure story, To the Elephant Graveyard is also a telling fable of man's failure to understand and respect his environment and of nature fighting back.
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‘This remarkable book is more than just a ripping yarn: it is also a beautifully observed, richly textured portrait of a little visited corner of a well-trodden country at a crucial turning point in its history. One moment Tarquin is lumbering on elephant-back through the sounds and smells of a village that has not changed in centuries; the next he is being threatened by political terrorists and ivory poachers... In the end, though, it is Tarquin’s quest for – and final discovery of – the legendary elephant’s graveyard that haunts the memory long after one has closed the cover of a wonderful book that should become a classic.’ Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
‘To the Elephant Graveyard... shatters the old image, introducing us to the darker side of the Asian elephant. It is more a thriller than a straightforward travel book and the writing is insightful and sensitive.’ Tahir Shah, Literary Review
‘...fascinating and moving reading.’ Holly Smith, Geographical
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