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Synopsis
Fiddlestix or Flavour Ravers, Golly Bars or gobstoppers, Marathons or macaroons, stingers or Starbars, black jacks or buttermint bon bons, double dips or dib-dabs, Peggy's legs or push pops. Quarter pounders, ten-penny bags, aniseed balls--chances are you'll give away your age by the sweets you recognise from this list.
You'll Ruin Your Dinner is a trip down memory lane for kids of all ages. It transports us back to the days when Dublin's Grafton Street was the sweetshop capital of Ireland, when costumed chewing gum sellers loitered in school yards, and when sweetshops refused to sell new-fangled salted peanuts.
It takes us through the dark days of sugar rationing when women and girls walked the streets selling black market candies, and on to the golden age of Irish-made sweets when the entire nation downed tools to listen to Fry-Cadbury's soap The Kennedys Of Castleross and Gay Byrne cut his teeth on The Urney Programme.
The next three decades brought enduring favourites like Cornetto and Yorkie, and fleeting fads--anyone remember HB's Kung Fu or Dracula ices?
This assortment will keep you dipping back in for more, and it won't ruin your dinner.
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Review
'If you're looking for the perfect stocking filler for Christmas then you can do no better than Damian Corless's book You'll Ruin Your Dinner, a hilarious and poignant account of the sweets and treats we used to eat as kids' (Irish Independent)
'Almost good enough to eat . . . Corless's affectionate and evocative history (...) has a sweet centre.' (RTÉ Guide)
'Amusing and nostalgic . . . to be enjoyed with a favourite treat' (Irish Catholic)
About the Author
Damian Corless is a former Managing Editor of the current affairs monthly Magill, Editor of In Dublin and News Analyst with the Evening Herald. He has written TV comedy for BBC2 and RTE.
His books include GUBU Nation (2004) and The Greatest Bleeding Hearts Racket In The World (2010).
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- PublisherHachette Books Ireland
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1444726021
- ISBN 13 9781444726022
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages240
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You'll Ruin Your Dinner. Sweet Memories from Irish Childhood.
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ISBN 10: 1444726021
ISBN 13: 9781444726022
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very nice tight and clean copy. Book in Red cloth on board with gilt lettering to spine edge. A look back at the history and golden age of Irish sweets. These mouth-watering memories are captured here across the decades in an assortment that will keep you dipping back in for more - and it won't ruin your dinner. Seller Inventory # 007331
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