ENGLISH

The Bullfighter Checks Her Make-Up

By Susan Orlean

Book information

Publisher
William Heinemann
Year
2001
ISBN
043400877X, 9780434008773
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
438 kB (448552 bytes)
Pages
0\0
Time added
2019-04-11 13:39:18

Description

Susan Orlean's collection of profiles ranges from the well-known (Marky Mark) to the unknown (Colin Duffy, a typical American man, aged ten) to the formerly known (the cult sixties girl group the Shaggs). Orlean meets with Cristina Sanchez, Spain's first fully-qualified female matador, Silly Billy, New York's most successful children's clown, an African king who is a New York taxi-driver, and a champion show dog called Biff, who from a certain angle looks like President Clinton. As in her remarkable bestseller The Orchid Thief, soon to be the basis of Spike Being John Malkovich Jonze's new film, starring Meryl Streep and Nicholas Cage, Orlean's eye for the fascinatingly bizarre and her wonderfully witty way with language make her take on the world utterly original and unique.

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