"There were good times and bad times, but in the beginning there were more good times. When I first met Candy: those were the days of juice, when everything was bountiful. Only much later did it all start to seem like sugar and blood, blood and sugar . . ."
'Candy' is a love story. It is also a harrowing investigation of the raw heart of addiction; its claustrophobia and momentum. From the heady narcissism of the narrator's first days with his new lover, Candy, and the relative innocence of their shared habit, 'Candy' charts their decline. Candy becomes a prostitute, the narrator becomes a scam artist, and smack becomes the total and only focus of their lives.
'Candy' is confronting, painful, sexy, tender and at times darkly hilarious. It is a remarkable and disturbing novel that expertly maps the constricted corridor of love and addiction.
