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Fast Food Nation:
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

by Eric Schlosser
HarperCollins; January 8, 2002

Book Talk  
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Description:

This book is Eric Schlosser's bestselling study of the fast food industry and its widespread influence on America and, increasingly, the world. The Book Talk reader panel reacts to the book's unflinching depiction of the business — its history, widespread growth and controversial methods.

Our panel:

Marie Capurro
Bill Baines
Stephanie Kruse
Jessica Groach

Links for this book:
Complete Review
Consumer Freedom

Also by this author:
Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market; Houghton Mifflin Company; May 2003

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