Passing Parcelable objects through Activities using Xamarin

BookDetailActivity.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

using Android.App;
using Android.Content;
using Android.OS;
using Android.Runtime;
using Android.Views;
using Android.Widget;
using Square.Picasso;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace BookStore_Android
{
	[Activity (Label = "BookDetailActivity")]			
	public class BookDetailActivity : Activity
	{
		protected override void OnCreate (Bundle savedInstanceState)
		{
			base.OnCreate (savedInstanceState);
			SetContentView (Resource.Layout.BookDetail);

			TextView txt = FindViewById<TextView> (Resource.Id.txtTitulo);
			ImageView img = FindViewById<ImageView> (Resource.Id.imgCapa);

			//Book book = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Book>(Intent.GetStringExtra("book"));
			Book book = Intent.GetParcelableExtra("book") as Book;
			//Book book = Intent.GetSerializableExtra("book") as Book;
			txt.Text = book.Name;
			Picasso.With(this)
				.Load(book.CoverPath)
				.Into(img);

		}
	}
}

MainActivity.cs

using Android.App;
using Android.Widget;
using Android.OS;
using Android.Content;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Java.Lang;
using Java.IO;
using Java.Interop;

namespace BookStore_Android
{
	[Activity (Label = "BookStore_Android", MainLauncher = true, Icon = "@mipmap/icon")]
	public class MainActivity : ListActivity
	{
		List<Book> books;

		protected override void OnCreate (Bundle savedInstanceState)
		{
			base.OnCreate (savedInstanceState);

			books = new List<Book>();
			books.Add (new Book () {
				Author = "Nelson Glauber",
				Name = "Dominando o Android ", //+ i,
				Editor = "Novatec",
				Year = 2015,
				CoverPath = "http://www.novatec.com.br/livros/dominando-android-2ed/capa_ampliada9788575224632.jpg"
			});
			books.Add (new Book () {
				Author = "Dan Hermes",
				Name = "Desenvolvimento de Aplicativos Móveis com Xamarin ", //+ i,
				Editor = "Apress",
				Year = 2015,
				CoverPath = "http://www.novatec.com.br/livros/desenvolvimento-aplicativos-xamarin/capa_ampliada9788575224663.jpg"
			});

//			var listAdapter = new ArrayAdapter (this, Android.Resource.Layout.SimpleListItem1, books);
			var listAdapter = new BookAdapter (this, books);
			ListAdapter = listAdapter;

		}

		protected override void OnListItemClick (ListView l, Android.Views.View v, int position, long id)
		{
			base.OnListItemClick (l, v, position, id);
			Intent it = new Intent(this, typeof(BookDetailActivity));
			// it.PutExtra ("book", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(books [position]));
			it.PutExtra ("book", books [position]);
			StartActivity (it);
		}
	}
		
	public class Book : Object, IParcelable {
		public string Name;
		public string Author;
		public string Editor;
		public int Year;
		public string CoverPath;

		public override string ToString ()
		{
			return string.Format ("{0} - {1}", Name, Author);
		}

		[ExportField ("CREATOR")] // Need a reference to Mono.Android.Export
		public static BookCreator InitializeCreator ()
		{
			return new BookCreator ();
		}
			
		public void WriteToParcel (Parcel dest, ParcelableWriteFlags flags)
		{
			dest.WriteString (Name);
			dest.WriteString (Author);
			dest.WriteString (Editor);
			dest.WriteInt (Year);
			dest.WriteString (CoverPath);
		}

		public int DescribeContents ()
		{
			return 0;
		}
	}

	public class BookCreator : Object, IParcelableCreator
	{
		public Object CreateFromParcel (Parcel source)
		{
			Book book = new Book ();
			book.Name = source.ReadString ();
			book.Author = source.ReadString ();
			book.Editor = source.ReadString ();
			book.Year = source.ReadInt ();
			book.CoverPath = source.ReadString ();
			return book;
		}

		public Object [] NewArray (int size)
		{
			return new Object [size];
		}
	}
}