- Candy industry, Candy, Chocolate, Sü warenindustrie
A tour of the American candy business which explores the role candy plays in our lives as both source of pleasure and escape from pain.
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Contemporary, classical in form, effortless and warm.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Steve Almond, Steve Almond
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 266
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Harvest Books, Algonquin Books
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781417682348
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First sentence
“The answer is that we don't choose our freaks, they choose us.”
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