Candyfreak by Steve Almond

Candyfreak by Steve Almond

You can almost taste the marshmallow. --USA Today
Do you remember Caravelles, Choco-Lites, Oompahs, and Marathons? Or how about Cookies n' Mints or Kit Kat Darks? Steve Almond does, but many of these candies can't be found anymore, and Almond wanted to know why. Where'd they go? When Almond embarked on a nationwide journey he discovered a candy industry ruled by conglomerates, where the little guys, the last remaining link to the golden age of the candy bar in America, struggle to survive. Makers of theTwin Bing, the Idaho Spud, the Goo Goo Cluster, the Valomilk, and a dozen other quirky bars, invited Almond in for a peek at how glorious candy can be.
Part candy porn and polemic, part social history and confession, this is the story of how Steve Almond grew up on candy -- and how, for better and worse, candy has grown up, too.
Brilliant! Candyfreak has neither calories nor cabs. --People magazine (Critic's Choice)
An exuberant tribute to cheap, plentiful, locally produced sweets and the small, attainable pleasures they provide. Like a good candy bar: a piece of delicious, ephemeral fun. --San Francisco Chronicle
The verdict: Utterly irresistible. --Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Combines the patter of a stand-up comic with the soul of a 10-year-old whose allowance is burning a hole in his pocket. . . . An off-the-wall odyssey. --Boston Globe
There are people who enjoy an occasional Milky Way and then there's Steve Almond (yes, that's his real name). -Entertainment Weekly

As seen on CN and Food TV.
Steve Almond is the author of the acclaimed story collection My Life in Heavy Metal and The Evil B.B.Chow and Other Stories. He teaches creative writing at Boston College, and has eaten at least one piece of candy every single day of his entire life.

STEVE ALMOND was raised in Palo Alto, California, and was a newspaper reporter in Texas and Florida before writing his first book, the story collection My Life in Heavy Metal. His second book, Candy Freak, was a New York Times bestseller, was named the Booksense Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year, and won the American Library Association Alex Award. His short fiction has been included in The Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize anthologies, and he writes commentary and journalism regularly for The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Los Angeles Times. Almond lives outside Boston with his wife and three children.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780156032933
ISBN 10	0156032937
Title	Candyfreak
Author	Steve Almond
Series	Harvest Book
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Mariner Books
Year published	2005-04-01
Number of pages	288
Prizes	Short-listed for Green Mountain Book Award 2008
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
Note	Unavailable