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SOFTCOVER IN GOOD CONDITION . PUBLISHED BY METHUEN IN 2000, 272 PAGES. NON-FICTION . WHEN THE AUTHOR ENTERED THE BORNEO JUNGLE IN SEARCH OF RARE ORCHIDS, HE DID'NT KNOW WHAT HE WAS LETTING HIMSELF IN FOR . FIVE YEARS LATER, HE WAS STILL ON THE TRAIL OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S STRANGEST OBSESSIONS AND SOME OF HUMANITY'S ODDEST OBSESSIVES . HILARIOUS, BIZARRE AND COMPELLING, HERE IS A TALE OF CORRUPTION, MURDER AND PLANT POLLITICS; OF SMUGGLERS, ICECREAM MAKERS AND VISIONARY BREEDERS FROM THE ORINOCO RIVER TO THE HOTHOUSES OF KEW .