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CANDY FREAK
by Almond, Steve
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0156032937
- ISBN 13
- 9780156032933
- Seller
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt Books, 2005. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xxii) 256 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Contents are: Prologue: Some Things You Should Know About the Author; The Author Will Now Rationalize; Chocolate = Enabler; In Which an Unhealthy Pattern of Dependence Is Established; An Ill-advised Discussion of Freak Economics; Night of the Living Freak; Mistakes Were Made; Caravelle: An Elegy; I Love Manny; Feeding the Beast; A Top Secret Chocolate Situation; The Politics of the Rack; The Last Man in American with Black Jack Gum; The Capo Di Tutti Freak; The Love Song of Ray Luthar Broekel; Welcome to the Boom; There Are Men Upon This Earth Who Tread Like Gods; Feuilletine Revealed; Freak Fetish; The Official Dark Horse Freak of Philadelphia; Wee Willie and the Pop-a-Licks Rage; Southern Fried Freak; Chocolate Haiku; Freak Retentive; In the Belly of the Freak; The Unstoppable Freak Energy of Mr Marty Palmer; Southbound with the Hammers Down; The Candy Bar on Your Chin; The Marshmallow Parallax; A Depressing but Necessary Disgression; Boise: Gateway to... Boise; Ladies and Gentlemen the Idaho Squad; Huckleberry Hounded; American Lunch; How Will the Spud Survive; The Past Is Just Ahead; Remember This Name: Banana Zaba; A Second Depression but Necessary Digression; A Little Hidden Bomb in My Idaho Spud; and A Few Final Relevant Facts; followed by a Freak Appendix..
Synopsis
A self-professed candyfreak, Steve Almond set out in search of a much-loved candy from his childhood and found himself on a tour of the small candy companies that are persevering in a marketplace where big corporations dominate. From the Twin Bing to the Idaho Spud, the Valomilk to the Abba-Zaba, and discontinued bars such as the Caravelle, Marathon, and Choco-Lite, Almond uncovers a trove of singular candy bars made by unsung heroes working in old-fashioned factories to produce something they love. And in true candyfreak fashion, Almond lusciously describes the rich tastes that he has loved since childhood and continues to crave today. Steve Almond has written a comic but ultimately bittersweet story of how he grew up on candy-and how, for better and worse, the candy industry has grown up, too. Candyfreak is the delicious story of one man's lifelong obsession with candy and his quest to discover its origins in America.
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Details
- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231518
- Title
- CANDY FREAK
- Author
- Almond, Steve
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing - First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0156032937
- ISBN 13
- 9780156032933
- Publisher
- Harcourt Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- confection; confectionary; chocolate; gastronomy; cuisine; culinary arts; foodie; food; cookery; gastro; eating; eat; restaurant; bistro; café; dining; fine living;
Terms of Sale
W. Fraser Sandercombe
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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- Trade Paperback
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