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| The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle) | 
 enlarge | Author: Susan Orlean
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
Buy Used: $0.01
You Save: $13.99 (100%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  166 reviews
Sales Rank: 5567
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 044900371X
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.934409759
EAN: 9780449003718
ASIN: 044900371X
Publication Date: January 4, 2000
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Condition: Good condition, wear from reading and use. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact and has some creases. The spine has signs of wear and creases. This copy may include "From the library of" labels, stickers or stamps and be an ex-library copy.
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| Customer Reviews:
 up-side down photograph January 3, 1999
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have been growing orchids for many years, and it bothers me that the photograph on the cover of a phalenopsis flower is up-side down. Was this done on purpose or is it an error? I have a feeling it is an error which is unfortunate because it spoils the cover.
 THE ORCHID THIEF is an adventure worth taking. January 1, 1999
THE ORCHID THIEF is a venture into the murky terrain and temperament of those obsessed with orchids. This descriptive account treks into the habitat of these botanical beauties. Where the humidity is beyond hot and sticky. It is "hot and gummy". Where the vegetation is "dense as steel wool". Where all your senses feel like they are "plugged into a light socket". Not since, Bogart and Hepburn trudged through the muck dragging The African Queen has suspense slithered and oozed with each cautious footstep. With clarity THE ORCHID THIEF's author illuminates the shady deals and exposes the ethics and values which accompany an obsession. The African Queen may have had Bogart and Hepburn, but THE ORCHID THIEF has Orlean and Laroche.
A perfect little book December 1, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is fascinating; I stayed up all night to read it because I couldn't put it down. The fact is, people go nuts for orchids, and they say and do hilarious things in the pursuit of them. And they *will* pursue them, by whatever means necessary, and yet they will never have enough of them. Sort of like ... the human condition. I can't say enough about this book. I loved it.
brilliant, funny, original non-fiction November 23, 1998
i've never read a book quite like this: at the center is a very specific event (an orchid poaching) but then the book radiates outward, looking at the people, the place, and the history that the orchid poaching touches. i have no affection for orchids, but this book was so much more than that. it's a kind of american epic, and a great read at the same time.
 flowery language isn't enough to keep this from wilting October 31, 1998
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i found this book to be dull and pointless. orlean's writing style isn't enough to save this book from its essentially superficial quality.
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