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Candyfreak

Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America

Unabridged
Edition:
by Steve Almond
Narrated by
Edited by Oliver Wyman
Publisher: Highbridge Company
Subject(s): NonFiction, Business & Economics - Industries/Humor - Topic - Business and Professional
Pub Date: May 2004
Street Date: May 24, 2004
EAN: 9781598871364
Average patron rating: 4 stars
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Format Information


Available copies: 1
Library copies: 4
Lending period: 7 to 21 days
File size: 82.8 MB
Duration: 6 hours, 43 minutes

Summary

Perhaps you remember The Marathon, Oompahs, Bit-O-Choc, or Kit Kat Dark. Where did they go? Driven by his obsession, stubborn idealism, and the promise of free candy, self-confessed candyfreak Steve Almond takes off on a quest to discover candy's origins in America, to explore little companies that continue to get by on pluck and perseverance, and to witness the glorious excess of candy manufacturing. Part candy porn, part candy polemic, part social history, part confession, Candyfreak explores the role candy plays in our lives as both source of pleasure and escape from pain. By turns ecstatic, comic, and bittersweet, Candyfreak is the story of how Steve Almond grew up on candy---and how, for better and worse, candy has grown up too.

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