The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People

Author: Orlean, SusanEdition: First EditionFeatures: Susan Orlean, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary PeopleBinding: HardcoverNumber Of Pages: 320Release Date: 23-01-2001Details: The bestselling author of The Orchid Thief is back — and she's brought some friends — in this wonderfully entertaining collection of the acclaimed New Yorker writer's best and brightest profiles. Meet more than thirty-five of Susan Orlean's favorite people — from the well known (Bill Blass and Tonya Harding) 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. Young people. And one championship show dog named Biff, who from a certain angle looks a lot like President Clinton. Orlean transports us into the lives of some rather eccentric individuals, like the man who has spent thirty years selling nothing but ceiling fans; or Bob Silverstein, maker of the Big Chair — the creme de la c