Sweet Talk by Nicholas Whittaker
Whatever happened to Cadbury's Aztec, the Spria bar and Bazooka Joes? What are pink candy shrimps actually made of? Who thought up lines like: "What kind of gumster are you?" and "It's the honeycomb middle that weighs so little"? Why are there fewer sweets in your newagent's today than 20 years ago? Who buys West Indian Limes? These questions and many more are answered in this book - a celebration, chronology, pop-cultural history and critical account of the changing world of 20th-century confectionary. Unashamedly nostalgic in parts, the book contains stories of forgotten brands, traces patterns of consumption and explores the world of sweet manufacturing and establishes the sweet and chocolate bar in folk history.
Nicholas Whittaker is the author of Platform Souls: The Trainspotter as Twentieth-century Hero, Blue Period: Nots from a Life in the Titillation Trade, Sweet Talk and Toys Were Us. As well as single-handedly writing the 1984 Pontin's brochure, he has contributed to a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, including Company, Arena, Punch, the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph and the Express. Nicholas Whittaker lives in north London.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780575065550 |
| ISBN 10 | 0575065559 |
| Title | Sweet Talk |
| Author | Nicholas Whittaker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1998-11-19 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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