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The Orchid Thief: A True Story Of Beauty And Obsession
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 DescriptionThe story of orchid thief and obsessive, John Laroche, and the bizarre world of the orchid fanciers of Florida. The world of the orchid hunters, breeders and showmen, their rivalries, vendettas and crimes, smuggling, thefts and worse provide the backdrop to an exploration of one of the byways of human nature, the obsessive world of the collector. Promotion infoIntrigued by the case of a Florida flower-thief, Susan Orlean enters the extraordinary world of orchid-obsessives. Author descriptionSusan Orlean became a staff writer for the New Yorker in 1992 and has also written for Esquire, Vogue and Rolling Stone. She is the author of three other books of non-fiction. |
