The Orchid Thief

Informationen zum Autor Susan Orlean Klappentext Susan 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Orlean, Orlean Susan
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2000
• EAN: 9780099289586
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928958-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; True Crime, TRUE CRIME / Heists & Robberies, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Flower Arranging, Flower arranging and floral crafts, Commercial horticulture, Horticulture, Flower arranging & floral crafts