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

320 pages digital 1998

23 editions

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A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean’s wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered flower—the rare ghost orchid Polyrrhiza lindenii—a deeply eccentri...

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