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The Orchid Thief

The Orchid Thief

A True Story of Beauty and Obsession

by Susan Orlean
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/12/1998
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The orchid thief is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy in spite of the fact that he is missing all his teeth and has the posture of al dente spaghetti. This national bestseller follows him into the Florida swamp to relate his mesmerizing true story of beauty and obsession.
ISBN:
9780679447399
9780679447399
Category:
Biography: science
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
15-12-1998
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
95.9x60.3x10.3mm
Weight:
0.53kg
Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992.

She is the author of seven books, including Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award-winning film Adaptation.

She lives with her family and her animals in Los Angeles.

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