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What to Read if You Love ‘Tiger King’
Obsessed with the Netflix series? Read these book recommendations from NYT.
Diterbitkan pada Kamis, 16 April 2020
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Katherine DunnIf you couldn’t get enough of the eccentric personalities in “Tiger King,” then read this beloved, unconventional novel starring a family of exotic characters. “Aloysius Binewski and his wife, Crystal Lil, run a carnival freak show stocked with their own children, all born with deformities thanks to their parents’ intentional experimentation ‘with illicit and prescription drugs, insecticides, and eventually radioisotopes,’” according to The New York Times article “Love ‘Tiger King’? You’ll Love These Books, Too.”
The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird
The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird
Joshua Hammer“This mesmerizing true-crime saga burrows into the mind of Jeffrey Lendrum, a wild-bird trafficker and smuggler who takes unfathomable risks, like dangling 700 feet from a helicopter to swipe eggs from gyrfalcon nests,” writes The Times.
The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers
The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers
Bryan ChristyJust as there is a Tiger King, there is also a Lizard King. “Smugglers with lizards stuffed in their underwear waltzing through customs in American airports; designers breeding large pythons into dazzling colors and selling them as living art for as much as $85,000 — these and other eye-popping details are plentiful in ‘The Lizard King,’” writes “Strange Piece of Paradise” author Terri Jentz in her review for The New York Times.
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
Susan OrleanSet in the swamps of Florida, “The Orchid Thief” chronicles the story of the charismatic John Laroche (described by Susan Orlean as “sharply handsome, in spite of the fact that he is missing all his front teeth”) and his obsession with orchids. Like Joe Exotic, Laroche’s obsession lands him on the wrong side of the law. Orlean’s book is a fascinating study of collectors who become so fixated on something, they’ll do anything to get it.
Strange Piece of Paradise: A Return to the American West To Investigate My Attempted Murder - and Solve the Riddle of Myself
Strange Piece of Paradise: A Return to the American West To Investigate My Attempted Murder - and Solve the Riddle of Myself
Terri JentzUsing a truck and an ax, a stranger brutally attacked Terri Jentz and her roommate at a campground in Oregon in 1977. Jentz investigates the unsolved crime against her in this vivid memoir of survival. In a review of the book in The New York Times, Mary Roach writes, “She is condemning American culture, one of easy violence that glorifies ‘the badass outlaw,’ that values ‘self-gratification, impulsivity and irresponsibility, and rewards preening narcissism.’” That sentiment will certainly resonate with “Tiger King” fans.
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- Love ‘Tiger King’? You’ll Love These Books, Too
- 2020, The New York Times
- Cold-Blooded
- 2008, The New York Times
- Living to Tell
- 2006, The New York Times