{"product_id":"blood-orchid-9781477316849","title":"Blood Orchid","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin pages [of \u003ci\u003eBlood Orchid\u003c\/i\u003e], 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 *\u003cbr\u003e[Bowden's] writing style has been compared to the Old Testament in its prophetic fury, and nowhere is that better on display than in \u003ci\u003eBlood Orchid\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 *\u003cbr\u003eBowden’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.’ [\u003ci\u003eBlood Orchid\u003c\/i\u003e] is ironic proof that the embers of that fire still glow. * Outside *\u003cbr\u003eBowden 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 *","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867282878807,"sku":"9781477316849","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blood-orchid-9781477316849","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}