{"title":"Gardening - Flowers - Orchids","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-orchid-thief-9780449003718","title":"The Orchid Thief","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK - THE BASIS FOR THE FILM \u003ci\u003eADAPTATION\u003c\/i\u003e DIRECTED BY SPIKE JONZE AND STARRING NICOLAS CAGE AND MERYL STREEP\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"eccentric, illuminating, [and] hilarious\" (New York \u003ci\u003eDaily News\u003c\/i\u003e) true story of beauty and obsession in the swamps of Florida and the impassioned individuals who risk everything for the ultimate prize: a rare ghost orchid\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fascinating . . . an engrossing journey [full] of theft, hatred, greed, jealousy, madness, and backstabbing.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet John Laroche, a deeply eccentric and oddly attractive renegade plant dealer. 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This unforgettable tour of America's strange flower-selling subculture becomes even more bizarre as Orlean details how the head of a famous Seminole chief came to be displayed in the front window of a local pharmacy, how seven hundred iguanas were smuggled into Florida, and the case of the only known extraterrestrial plant crime. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA modern classic of personal journalism, \u003ci\u003eThe Orchid Thief\u003c\/i\u003e is a wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Orlean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.16h x 5.46w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449003718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/04\/2000 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2000 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/21\/2003 pg. 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Orlean\u003c\/b\u003e has been a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e since 1992 and has also written for \u003ci\u003eOutside, Esquire, Rolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e. 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