Candy

Maxwell Kenton (aka Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg

Published by Olympia Press, 1958

About this Item

1st edition, 1st issue. Uncommonly Fine. One of the most scandalous of the Olympia Press publications, written jointly by Southern and Hoffenberg by exchanging letters with each other, which was banned even in France rather than just the US and UK as most of the other titles were. The publisher, Maurice Girodias, had the unbound but printed stock rebound with the title 'Lollipop' to evade the censors. After a long legal battle over the copyright the book was finally released in the US and become a best-seller (Playboy magazine included it in their '25 Sexiest Books Of All Time' list in 2006). The narrative is a picaresque about a girl called Candy who keeps getting landed in outrageous sexual situations. It was made into a (mostly terrible) film in 1968, and there have been several other (abortive) attempts to take the story to the screen. Seller Inventory # ABE-1726843262767

Bibliographic Details

Title: Candy

Publisher: Olympia Press

Publication Date: 1958

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition