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Prologue: Some Things You Should Know about the Author
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Chapter 1
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The Author Will Now Rationalize
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Chocolate = Enabler
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In Which an Unhealthy Pattern of Dependence Is Established
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An Ill-Advised Discussion of Freak Economics
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Night of the Living Freak
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Mistakes Were Made
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Chapter 2
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Caravelle: An Elegy
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I Love Manny
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Feeding the Beast
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Chapter 3
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A Top-Secret Chocolate Situation
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The Politics of the Rack
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The Last Man in America with Black Jack Gum
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Chapter 4
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The Capo Di Tutti Freak
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The Love Song of Ray Luthar Broekel
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Welcome to the Boom
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Chapter 5
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There Are Men upon This Earth Who Tread Like Gods
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Feuilletine, Revealed
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Freak Fetish
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Chapter 6
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The Official Dark Horse Freak of Philadelphia
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Wee Willie and the Pop-a-Licks Rage
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Chapter 7
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Southern-Fried Freak
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Chocolate Haiku
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Freak Retentive
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Chapter 8
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In the Belly of the Freak
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The Unstoppable Freak Energy of Mr. Marty Palmer
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Southbound with the Hammers Down
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Chapter 9
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The Candy Bar on Your Chin
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The Marshmallow Parallax
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A Depressing but Necessary Digression
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Chapter 10
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Boise: Gateway to ... Boise
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Idaho Spud
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Huckleberry, Hounded
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American Lunch
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How Will the Spud Survive?
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Chapter 11
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The Past Is Just Ahead
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Remember This Name: Banana-Zaba
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Chapter 12
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A Second Depressing but Necessary Digression
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A Little Hidden Bomb in My Idaho Spud
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A Few Final Relevant Facts
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Acknowledgments
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Freak Appendix
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