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 ...
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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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I, too, had mixed feelings about this book. I enjoyed the storytelling?it?s like a Dave Barry story with a purpose (and some factual?and interesting?information therein). Almond?s definitely a creative writer; he weaves his life into a story about candy in a very compelling way. What I wish he?d done, though, is to describe the components of some of the esoteric (and no-longer-produced) candy bars he mentioned, especially those with meat or vegetables in their names: Club Sandwich, Cold Turkey, Chicken Spanish, Vegetable Sandwich (see p. 94). What in the world might have been in those 'candy' bars? Also, I'm not too keen on the way the author refers to his marijuana use, however--especially since he makes it quite clear that marijuana was smoked during the time he was preparing this very book. (To me, although he may be an artist [pronounced as if it were French], recreational marijuana use at his age [upper 30s at the time of writing] seems immature and irresponsible.)
