The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters With Extraordinary People
- ISBN-10
- 0375758631
- ISBN-13
- 9780375758638
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 313
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Random House Trade
- Author
- Susan Orlean
Description
The author offers profiles of some of the colorful people she has encountered, from the first female Spanish matador to the African king who drives a New York City cab.
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