Description
Book SynopsisThe first book in Charles Bowden's Unnatural History of the United States sextet, Blood Orchid is a dizzying excavation of the violence and corruption at the roots of American society.
Trade ReviewWithin pages [of
Blood Orchid], I was mad for Bowden's style. His ferocity and pace of storytelling inspired me…to not shy away from infusing reportage with emotion. * High Country News *
[Bowden's] writing style has been compared to the Old Testament in its prophetic fury, and nowhere is that better on display than in
Blood Orchid, a book that carries the reader on a journey through both natural and urban wildernesses to uncover the brutal roots of American society. * The Manual *
Bowden’s anger is delicious . . . [He] believes that the environmental crisis . . . is caused by the fact that ‘we have lost the fire and belief and courage to act.’ [
Blood Orchid] is ironic proof that the embers of that fire still glow. * Outside *
Bowden is no conventional theologian, but he has written the best religious book on the subject of soul-death of any writer of our generation. -- Bill Holm * Hungry Mind Review *
