Candy
by Terry Southern, Mason Hoffenbergliterary work· published 1958
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Candy is a 1958 novel written by Maxwell Kenton, the pseudonym of Terry Southern, and Mason Hoffenberg, who wrote it in collaboration for the "dirty book" publisher Olympia Press, which published the novel as part of its "Traveller's Companion" series. According to Hoffenberg, Terry Southern and I wrote Candy for the money. Olympia Press, $500 flat. He was in Switzerland, I was in Paris. We did it in letters. But when it got to be a big deal in the States, everybody was taking it seriously. Do you remember what kind of shit people were saying? One guy wrote a review about how Candy was a satire on Candide. So right away I went back and reread Voltaire to see if he was right. That's what happens to you.
Adaptations (1)
Candy was adapted into a 1968 film.
