{"product_id":"the-bullfighter-checks-her-makeup-my-encounters-with-extraordinary-people-9780375758638","title":"The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Orchid Thief\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Library Book\u003c\/i\u003e is back with this delightfully entertaining collection of her best and brightest profiles. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e 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). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 S nchez, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16159049\"\u003eSusan Orlean\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.22w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375758638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375758631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan Orlean has been a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e since 1992. Her articles have also appeared in \u003ci\u003eOutside, Rolling Stone, Vogue, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of \u003cb\u003eSaturday Night\u003c\/b\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 1990, which, in the words of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \"calls to mind Damon Runyon, Evelyn Waugh, and screwball comedy.\" She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51136575799583,"sku":"9780375758638","price":20.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_580962a7-e5bb-436b-a963-a2ffd2786a2b.jpg?v=1755541897","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-bullfighter-checks-her-makeup-my-encounters-with-extraordinary-people-9780375758638","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}