by Terry Southern, Mason Hoffenberg · Grijalbo · tapa dura · ISBN 9788425308796
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«Candy» is the satirical erotic novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, published by Grijalbo in 1977, in hardcover (226 pages, in Spanish).
Candy Christian is a naive and optimistic young woman who embarks on a series of comic and absurd sexual encounters. Through these episodes, Candy builds a satire of eroticism that questions the hypocrisy and taboos of Western society, alternating provocation with a humorous tone.
Candy was originally published in 1958. The Spanish translation of this edition is by Adrián Celaya; it is the second edition.
The cover includes the notice «lectura para personas de amplio criterio» and the prohibition of sale to minors; it is adult reading.
Terry Southern was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s and a companion to Beat writers in Greenwich Village, Southern was also at the center of Swinging London in the 1960s and helped to change the style and substance of American films in the 1970s. He briefly wrote for Saturday Night Live in the 1980s.
