The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People
by By Orlean, Susan
Category: Social Science , Womens Studies

In a collection of essays from The New Yorker, the acclaimed author of The Orchid Thief offers a series of intriguing 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 to Silly Billy, a popular entertainer on the children's birthday-party circuit. 50,000 first printing.