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Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Mad Dogs, Vodka, and Candy
Chapter 2. Candy to the Rescue
Chapter 3. My Father’s Death
Chapter 4. Strange Visitors to Number 22
Chapter 5. Welcome to the World of Confectionery
Chapter 6. The Candy Kid Goes Back to School
Chapter 7. Finishing School
Chapter 8. Murder?
Chapter 9. Working in a Mint Factory
Chapter 10. How to Get the Best Job in the World
Chapter 11. Goods to Confess
Chapter 12. Weight Control
Chapter 13. What You Might Not Know About Your Chocolate Bar
Chapter 14. Will We Run Out of Chocolate?
Chapter 15. The Chocolate of the Future
Chapter 16. Chocolate Just for the Moment
How to Taste Chocolate. A Simple Way to Test the Quality of Chocolate
A Memoir
A Memoir
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People around me seemed to be doing a lot of crying, which was a bit puzzling. I must have been close to death, but at the time I felt beautifully dizzy—there was no pain, but it was difficult to breathe. A nurse visited every day from the hospital. Each morning, I would lay on my stomach while she massaged my back, pressing hard, and with every push these hideous dollops of brown rubbery phlegm would come firing out of my lungs and into a saucepan on the floor. I’m guessing it was probably not washed up afterward and used to boil the vegetables.
The discharge from my lungs was so hard that these hideous rubbery missiles almost bounced out of the saucepan, much to the dogs’ delight. They were never too far away to make further investigations into any new types of textured food.
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