New York Times
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EDITOR’S CHOICE
Sunday Times Book Review, by Mary Roach, author of Bonk, Spook, and Stiff
“Lustrous and Exhilarating… Jawdropping… Adam Leith Gollner possesses a talent as rare and exotic as a coconut pearl… The Fruit Hunters is a paean to the overwhelming diversity of fruits on this planet, both botanical and human….At one point early in the book, the author explains how it’s possible to graft branches of different, say, citrus species onto one plant. A Chilean farmer, he writes, recently made headlines with a tree that bears plums, peaches, cherries, apricots, almonds and nectarines. It’s how I see Gollner: the talents of a food writer, investigative journalist, poet, travel writer and humorist grafted onto one unusual specimen. Long may he thrive.”