Description
| Product ID: | 9780099289586 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Orchid Thief |
| Authors: | Author: Susan Orlean |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, Gardening: flowers and ornamental plants, Gardening: flowers |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Fascinated both by Laroche and the world she uncovered of orchid collectors and growers, she stayed on, to write this magical exploration of obsession and the strange world both of the orchid obsessives and of Florida, that haunting and weird 'debatable land' of swamps and condos, retirement communities and real-estate scams. Susan Orlean first met John Laroche when visiting Florida to write for the New Yorker about his arrest for stealing rare ghost orchids from a nature reserve. Fascinated both by Laroche and the world she uncovered of orchid collectors and growers, she stayed on, to write this magical exploration of obsession and the strange world both of the orchid obsessives and of Florida, that haunting and weird ''debatable land'' of swamps and condos, retirement communities and real-estate scams. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-05-04 |
