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

Published by Scribner, 2008, hardcover, index, 278 pages, mark to dustjacket otherwise condition: as new.

A historical account of the role of fruit in the modern world explores the political machinations of multi-national corporations in distributing exotic fruits, the life of mass-produced fruits, and the author's own experience with unusual varieties that are unavailable commercially.

I don't read a lot of non-fiction, but I received an ARC of this book from the publisher and started to flip through the first few pages. It turned into a fascinating read!

This book makes me want to travel to far-away places just to eat exotic fruits. And it make me incredibly annoyed at the paltry selection that we have here in the United States. Why don't we have the ice cream bean fruit? Why are we denied the miracle fruit? And who knew there are over 1,000 types of banana, some tasting like vanilla custard (which we may get to eat soon as our own hardy Cavendish banana is being killed off at an alarming rate by a terrible fungus).

Terrify your friends with disturbing facts about pesticides and fruit! Talk about fruit endlessly until everyone tells you to shut up already! Read this book!