Candy

by Terry Southern

Banned upon its initial publication, the now-classic Candy is a romp of a story about the impossibly sweet Candy Christian, a wide-eyed, luscious, all-American girl. Candy a satire of Voltaire s Candide chronicles her adventures with mystics, sexual analysts, and everyone she meets when she sets out to experience the world."

• ISBN10: 0802134297
• ISBN13: 9780802134295
• Publish Date: 9 February 1996 (first published 25 April 1985)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 8 February 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[brokentune]

I have no idea what I just read.

I picked this up because Terry Southern was involved in the creation of Barbarella, so I thought I'd give this book a shot and see what a Terry Southern version of Candide would look like.

As it turns out, it would look like a 60s porn film. Or like Barbarella without reputable acting or a requirement to pass censors....or even a hint of a plot.

Of course, it's also outdated and the depiction of clueless Candy Christian is relentlessly annoying when reading in this day and age.

Not for me.