The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Ballantine Books, January 2000. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK 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..... More