{"product_id":"heart-of-dankness-underground-botanists-outlaw-farmers-and-the-race-for-the-cannabis-cup-9780307720542","title":"Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup","description":"Reporting for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e on the international blind tasting competition held annually in Amsterdam known as the Cannabis Cup\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003enovelist Mark Haskell Smith sampled a variety of marijuana that was unlike anything he'd experienced. It wasn't anything like typical stoner weed, in fact it didn't get you stoned. This cannabis possessed an ephemeral quality known to aficionados as \"dankness.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArmed with a State of California Medical Marijuana recommendation, he begins a journey into the international underground where super-high-grade marijuana is developed and tracks down the rag-tag community of underground botanists, outlaw farmers, and renegade strain hunters who pursue excellence and diversity in marijuana, defying the law to find new flavors, tastes, and effects. This unrelenting pursuit of dankness climaxes at the Cannabis Cup, which Haskell Smith vividly portrays as the Super Bowl\/Mardi Gras of the world's largest cash crop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Haskell Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307720542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2012 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARK HASKELL SMITH is the author of four novels, \u003ci\u003eMoist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDelicious\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalty\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBaked, \u003c\/i\u003e and has written for film and televsion. A contributor to the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and a contributing editor to the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, Smith is an assistant professor in the MFA program for Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside, Palm Desert Graduate Center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45022660657267,"sku":"9780307720542","price":21.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4f14683c-b9ae-4486-9cff-2c498aebb071.jpg?v=1779278802","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/heart-of-dankness-underground-botanists-outlaw-farmers-and-the-race-for-the-cannabis-cup-9780307720542","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}