Candy
★ 3.9 avg
24 votes
About this book
Banned upon its initial publication, the now-classic Candy is a romp of a story about the impossibly sweet Candy Christian, a wide-eyed, luscious, all-American girl. Candy -- a satire of Voltaire's Candide -- chronicles her adventures with mystics, sexual analysts, and everyone she meets when she sets out to experience the world.
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 24 readers · 224 pages · ≈ 4 h 09 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Candy?
About ≈ 4 h 09 m — 224 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Candy?
224 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Candy?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Has Candy been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include Candy (1968).
Is Candy in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Candy?
Terry Southern.
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