Palish

I just finished Candy Freak by Steven Almond. I like these lightweight history of/as books, and this one combines David-Sedaris-like family anecdotes (note the Amy Sedaris blurb on the cover), anti-corporate screeds and paeans to lost candy bars. My mom loved Abba-Zabbas, which I had forgotten, but as soon as they are mentioned in the book I remembered exactly what the wrapper looked like and how singular the texture of the peanutty the filling is. How Amero-Proustian.