| Candy: A novel of Love and Addiction | |
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| Author(s) | Luke Davies |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Romance, Drama |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Publication date | 16 June 1998 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 pp (Paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0345423879 (paperback edition) |
| OCLC Number | 37947403 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823 21 |
| LC Classification | PR9619.3.D29 C36 1998 |
Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction (1998) is a novel by Luke Davies.
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In Luke Davies' Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction, the unnamed narrator falls in love with Candy, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle... and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
Candy meets the narrator and initially things flourish for them; they have no problem getting their hand on drugs. Eventually, however, they begin to lose money. Desperately, the narrator becomes a con artist and Candy turns to prostitution. They repeatedly try to stop using drugs, but can never succeed. Ultimately, they part ways.
In 2006, the film adaptation, also called Candy, was released. The film stars Heath Ledger as Dan, Abbie Cornish as Candy, Geoffrey Rush as Casper, Noni Hazlehurst as Mrs. Wyatt and Tony Martin as Mr. Wyatt. It was directed by Neil Armfield and produced by Emile Sherman and Margaret Fink.
Also published in Spain (Editions Planeta), Greece, France (Editions Heloise d'Ormesson), Israel, Germany (Droemer-Knaur). The subtitle "A Novel of Love and Addiction" was only used in the American edition; elsewhere the book is only called Candy. There is an essential difference between the American edition and all others, too: in the US edition, the opening chapter "Example of Good Times" runs for only a page, then the chapter repeats and continues as the final chapter in the book. Davies has stated publicly he regrets agreeing to this change, and that the Australian edition should be taken as the definitive one.