{"product_id":"9781416565611","title":"The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession","description":"Delicious, lethal, hallucinogenic and medicinal, fruits have led nations to war, fueled dictatorships and lured people into new worlds. An expedition through the fascinating world of fruit, \u003ci\u003eThe Fruit Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e is the engrossing story of some of Earth's most desired foods. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In lustrous prose, Adam Leith Gollner draws readers into a Willy Wonka-like world with mangoes that taste like piña coladas, orange cloudberries, peanut butter fruits and the miracle fruit that turns everything sour to sweet, making lemons taste like lemonade. Peopled with a cast of characters as varied and bizarre as the fruit -- smugglers, inventors, explorers and epicures -- this extraordinary book unveils the mysterious universe of fruit, from the jungles of Borneo to the prized orchards of Florida's fruit hunters to American supermarkets. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gollner examines the fruits we eat and explains why we eat them (the scientific, economic and aesthetic reasons); traces the life of mass-produced fruits (how they are created, grown and marketed) and explores the underworld of fruits that are inaccessible, ignored and even forbidden in the Western world. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An intrepid journalist and keen observer of nature -- both human and botanical -- Adam Leith Gollner has written a vivid tale of horticultural obsession.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152473178352,"sku":"9781416565611","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781416565611_p0.jpg?v=1763727419","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781416565611","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}