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    The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession
    The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession
    The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession
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    The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession

    Written by Adam Leith Gollner

    Narrated by Stephen Hoye

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    Tasty, lethal, hallucinogenic, and medicinal-fruits have led nations into wars, fueled dictatorships, and even lured us into new worlds. Adam Leith Gollner weaves business, science, and travel into a riveting narrative about one of earth's most desired foods.

    Listeners will discover why it is that although countless exotic fruits exist in nature, only several dozen varieties are available in supermarkets. Gollner explores the political machinations of multinational fruit corporations, exposing the hidden alliances between agribusiness and government and what that means for public health. He traces
    the life of mass-produced fruits-how they are created, grown, and marketed-and he explores the underworld of fruits that are inaccessible, ignored, and even forbidden in the Western world.

    Gollner draws readers into a Willy Wonka–like world with mangoes that taste like piNa coladas, orange cloudberries, peanut butter fruits, and the miracle fruit that turns everything sour sweet, making lemons taste like lemonade. Peopled with a varied and bizarre cast of characters-from smugglers to explorers to inventors-this extraordinary book unveils the hidden universe of fruit.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 3, 2008
    ISBN9781400177455
    Author

    Adam Leith Gollner

    Adam Leith Gollner has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Globe and Mail, and Lucky Peach. The former editor of Vice Magazine, his first book is The Fruit Hunters. He lives in Montreal.

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    • 5/5
      I loved the descriptions of the different fruits and and even bought an Ice Cream Bean tree after hearing about them
    • 2/5
      There's a lot of fascinating information in this wildly discursive book. There's also a fair bit of meandering and repetition, which knocked my rating down some. It's worth a look but might be better skimmed than read.