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THE ORCHID THIEF

Regina Scudellari Susan Orlean

A True Story of Beauty and Obsession

When Susan Orlean headed down to Florida in 1994 to investigate the story of John Laroche, an eccentric plant dealer who had been arrested for poaching rare orchids, she ended up spending the next two years shadowing Laroche and exploring the odd, passionate world of orchid fanatics. The book was a New York Times bestseller, a Barnes and Noble Discover book, a Borders New Voices selection, an honoree in the American Library Association and New York Public Library books-of-the-year selections, and the subject of the movie, Adaptation.
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Published by Random House

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Orlean's gifts [are] her ear for the self-skewing dialogue, her eye for the incongruous, convincing detail, and her Didion-like deftness in description.

Bulgaria: Erove ; France: Editions du Sous-Sol ; Serbia: Laguna

Stylishly written, whimsical yet sophisticated, quirkily detailed and full of empathy . . .The Orchid Thief shows [Orlean's] gifts in full bloom.

Orlean's snapshot-vivid, pitch-perfect prose . . . is fast becoming one of our national treasures.

Fascinating . . . an engrossing journey [full] of theft, hatred, greed, jealousy, madness, and backstabbing.