About the Author

Stephen Alter is writer-in-residence in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT, and was the director of the writing program at Cairo's American University. He is the author of four novels and a memoir, All the Way to Heaven, as well as another travel book, Amritsar to Lahore, a bestseller in India.

Reviews

PRAISE FOR ELEPHAS MAXIMUS "Magical and fascinating."--THE BOSTON GLOBE "Deftly blend[s] Indian history and culture with current debates about animal conservation . . . Joyous."--THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE --