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

"A rollicking account of the world of fruit and fruit fanatics. [Gollner's] traveled to many countries in search of exotic fruits, and he describes in sensuous detail some of the hundreds of varieties he's sampled, among them the peanut butter fruit, blackberry-jam fruit and coco-de-mer.... Gollner's passion for fruit is infectious, and his fascinating book is a testament to the fact that there is much more to the world of fruit than the bland varieties on our supermarket shelves."
—Publishers' Weekly, starred review

"An informative, enlightening account of fruits and their role in human life...[Gollner] explores a mind-boggling array of fruits — including Rudolph Hass's avocadoes, Ah Bing's cherries and the foreign-weirdo-turned-megafruit kiwi... He brings us into the worlds of growers, wholesalers, marketers, agricultural officials, smugglers and branders. 'Every time we eat a fruit, we're tasting forgotten histories,' he writes, recounting how fruits have fueled wars, inspired religious worship, led to group sex and caused sensations [such as] the outbreak of pear mania in 19th-century America."
—Kirkus

"A beautiful and evocative book...Adam Leith Gollner is a crazy good writer. I've got the fruit bug." –Feist

"Gollner possesses a talent as rare and exotic as a coconut pearl....lustrous and exhilarating. Gollner's is not the sort of talent one can develop. It is genetic, physical — an exquisite sensitivity of tongue, nose and eye." –The New York Times

"Highly entertaining." –Toronto Star
From the Hardcover edition.

Adam Leith Gollner has traveled around the globe to report on the fruit underworld. He’s written forThe New York Times, Gourmet, Bon Appetit, and Good Magazine. The former editor ofVice Magazine, he is also a musician. The Fruit Hunters is his first book. He lives in Montreal and Los Angeles.
From the Hardcover edition.