by Terry Southern, Mason Hoffenberg · Grijalbo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788425318665
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«Candy» is the satirical novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, published by Grijalbo in paperback (100 pages, in Spanish).
The work narrates the adventures of Candy, a naive and attractive young woman who, driven by her desire to help others, ends up involved in absurd and comic sexual situations. Among the characters around her are eccentric and lascivious men who only seek to possess her, in a provocative satire on society and its desires.
The original work dates from 1958; the Spanish translation is by Adrián Celaya, and this paperback edition dates from 1987.
A read for adults who appreciate social satire, provocative humour and eroticism.
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.
