{"product_id":"9781780600970","title":"Gavin Maxwell: A Life","description":"Gavin Maxwell was a romantic, self-destructive, aristocratic adventurer who worked as secret agent, shark fisherman, racing driver, poet and travel writer. His books on Iraq, Sicily and Morocco were acclaimed, but his fame as a writer rested on his bestselling story of the otters he raised and lived with in a remote cottage on the west coast of Scotland, Ring of Bright Water. Maxwell's private life was every bit as turbulent. His essential homosexuality was masked by the love of a number of women, for whom he was a serially unsatisfactory partner. This authorized biography is a magnificent evocation of the man, his time and the animals and places that formed such an important part of it. Never was the simple life of a nature-loving conservationist pursued by so complicated a character.","brand":"Eland Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46435027386609,"sku":"9781780600970","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781780600970_p0.jpg?v=1765545789","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780600970","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}