Orchid Thief

Name: Orchid Thief
Brand: Vintage Publishing
SKU: 9780099289586
Price: 2350 KES
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ISBN: 9780099289586

by Susan Orlean

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 009928958X

ISBN-13 9780099289586

Publisher Vintage Publishing

Imprint Vintage

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 4th, 2000

Print length 368 Pages

Weight 260 grams

Dimensions 17.40 x 16.30 x 2.30 cms

Product Classification: Biography: general Biography: general Gardening: flowers Gardening: flowers and ornamental plants

KSh 2,350.00

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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.

The world of the orchid hunters, breeders and showmen, their rivalries, vendettas and crimes, smuggling, thefts and worse provide the backdrop to a fascinating exploration of one of the byways of human nature, the obsessive world of the collector, and the haunting beauty of the flowers themselves.

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