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is fast becoming one of our national treasures.' - The Washington Post Book World 'Orlean's snapshot-vivid, pitch-perfect prose. an engrossing journey of theft, hatred, greed, jealousy, madness, and backstabbing.' - Los Angeles Times

THE ORCHID THIEF FULL

The Orchid Thief shows gifts in full bloom.' - The New York Times Book Review 'Fascinating. The Orchid Thief is a 1998 non-fiction book by American journalist Susan Orlean, based on her investigation of the 1994 arrest of horticulturist John Laroche and a group of Seminoles in south Florida for poaching rare orchids in the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. 'Stylishly written, whimsical yet sophisticated, quirkily detailed and full of empathy. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more. Read The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Orlean, Susan, lexile & reading level:, (ISBN: 9780307795298). You sometimes don’t want to read on, but find you can’t help it. The Orchid Thief is a lesson in the dark, dangerous, sometimes hilarious nature of obsessionany obsession. In this new edition, coming fifteen years after its initial publication and twenty years after she first met the 'orchid thief,' Orlean revisits this unforgettable world, and the route by which it was brought to the screen in the film Adaptation, in a new retrospective essay. Orlean is a beautiful writer, and her story is compelling even for those whose knowledge of orchids is limited to the long-ago prom corsage. In the end, Orlean-and the reader-will have more respect for underdog determination and a powerful new definition of passion. Determined to clone an endangered flower-the rare ghost orchid Polyrrhiza lindenii-a deeply eccentric and oddly attractive man named John Laroche leads Orlean on an unforgettable tour of America's strange flower-selling subculture, through Florida's swamps and beyond, along with the Seminoles who help him and the forces of justice who fight him. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean's wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. they have consistently concurred on one point Kaufmans failed attempt to turn Susan Orleans The Orchid Thief into a screenplay has nothing to do with.

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