The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan Orlean

The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession

Susan Orlean

370 pages first pub 1998 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean’s tale of an amazing obsession. 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 tou...

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