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CANDY at 40 STILL TURNING THEM ON!
Four decades
after the novel CANDY zoomed to the top of the national best-seller
lists, was censored and pirated to death, it again in this rollicking
account of its origins and history, recounted by Nile Southern—Terry
Southern’s son.
"...offers valuable insight into the Beat scenes of Paris and New York, as
well as into the publishing world during an era of shifting attitudes
toward censorship. Perhaps most importantly, it also offers a window
onto the lives and minds of two wildly creative literary characters:
the authors Southern and Hoffenberg themselves."
Publisher's Weekly (4/22/04)
Barnes and Noble: June 24th, 7:30pm (6th and 8th Street, NYC)
Help celebrate CANDY's 40th Anniversary!
The Candy
Men by Nile
Southern ( was awared first prize for
general non-fiction, March 2005 ) Colorado Authors—Live!, a showcase featuring the finalists, is scheduled for September 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Denver Public Library's Central Branch. The Colorado Book Awards Gala will be held on October 6 at the Donald R. Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. In 1964, no writer was hotter than Terry
Southern—whose scandalous CANDY (a rabelasian sexual satire) helped
kick down the doors of literary censorship, while Dr. Strangelove (released
the same year) woke mainstream America to the absurdity of nuclear war.
But who was Terry Southern? Where did he come from? Author and filmmaker
Nile Southern (Terry's son) explores the life and legacy of this keystone
writer--the missing link between the Beatles and the Beats, between
Gonzo, Hollywood and Post-War Paris. Using slides, audio recordings,
film clips, and reading from his book The CANDY Men: The Rollicking
Life and Times of the Notorious Novel CANDY, Nile Southern weaves
a multimedia portrait of a man at the cultural center of his times. Sponsored by The Colorado
Endowment for the Humanities'
has been named a finalist for the
2005 Colorado Book Awards.
Helped Save America from Squaredom
Colorado Center for the Book
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