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OverviewThe bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book is back with this delightfully entertaining collection of her best and brightest profiles. Acclaimed New Yorker writer Susan Orlean brings her wry sensibility, exuberant voice, and peculiar curiosities to a fascinating range of subjects—from the well known (Bill Blass) to the unknown (a typical ten-year-old boy) to the formerly known (the 1960s girl group the Shaggs). Passionate people. Famous people. Short people. And one championship show dog named Biff, who from a certain angle looks a lot like Bill Clinton. Orlean transports us into the lives of eccentric and extraordinary characters—like Cristina Sánchez, the eponymous bullfighter, the first female matador of Spain—and writes with such insight and candor that readers will feel as if they’ve met each and every one of them. The result is a luminous and joyful tour of the human condition as seen through the eyes of the writer heralded by the Chicago Tribune as a “journalist dynamo.” Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan OrleanPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House Trade Paperbacks Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780375758638ISBN 10: 0375758631 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 08 January 2002 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsOrlean's snapshot-vivid, pitch-perfect prose...is fast becoming one of our national treasures. <br>--The Washington Post Book World<br><br> Susan Orlean is a master of the quick sketch....She writes arresting, short pieces, serendipitous material that readers stumble across by chance, then read on, transfixed by the casual grace and beauty of these miniatures. <br>--San Francisco Chronicle<br><br> Through the power of energetic reporting and sharp writing, the national character is precisely what Orlean captures. She is a kind of latter-day Tocqueville. <br>--The New York Times Book Review<br><br> Reading Bullfighter will leave you convinced that the world is much wider and stranger than you had thought and that the most ordinary-seeming people are often the most remarkable. <br>--Us Weekly Orlean s snapshot-vivid, pitch-perfect prose...is fast becoming one of our national treasures. The Washington Post Book World Susan Orlean is a master of the quick sketch....She writes arresting, short pieces, serendipitous material that readers stumble across by chance, then read on, transfixed by the casual grace and beauty of these miniatures. San Francisco Chronicle Through the power of energetic reporting and sharp writing, the national character is precisely what Orlean captures. She is a kind of latter-day Tocqueville. The New York Times Book Review Reading Bullfighter will leave you convinced that the world is much wider and stranger than you had thought and that the most ordinary-seeming people are often the most remarkable. Us Weekly Orlean's snapshot-vivid, pitch-perfect prose...is fast becoming one of our national treasures. <br>--The Washington Post Book World <br> Susan Orlean is a master of the quick sketch....She writes arresting, short pieces, serendipitous material that readers stumble across by chance, then read on, transfixed by the casual grace and beauty of these miniatures. <br>--San Francisco Chronicle <br> Through the power of energetic reporting and sharp writing, the national character is precisely what Orlean captures. She is a kind of latter-day Tocqueville. <br>--The New York Times Book Review <br> Reading Bullfighter will leave you convinced that the world is much wider and stranger than you had thought and that the most ordinary-seeming people are often the most remarkable. <br>--Us Weekly Author Information"Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. Her articles have also appeared in Outside, Rolling Stone, Vogue, and Esquire. She is the author of Saturday Night, a New York Times Notable Book of 1990, which, in the words of Entertainment Weekly, ""calls to mind Damon Runyon, Evelyn Waugh, and screwball comedy."" She lives in New York City." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |