false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168030460m/29488.jpg 29488 4 "Candy is beside me, drenched in sweat. She's breathing gently, long slow breaths. I imagine her soul going in and out: wanting to leave, wanting to come back, wanting to leave, wanting to come back. The day will soon harden into what we need to do. But for now we have each other. . . ."<br><br>He met Candy amid a lush Sydney summer. Gorgeous, sexy, free-spirited Candy. They fell in love fast, lots of laughter and lust, the days melting warmly into each other. He never planned to give her a habit. But she wanted a taste. And wasn't love, after all, about sharing lives? Candy had a bit of money and in the beginning, everything was beautiful. Heady, heroin-hazed days, the world open and inviting. But when the money ran out, the craving remained, and the days ceased their luxurious stretch.<br><br>But there was still love. Only now, it was a threesome. Heroin had its own demands, its own timetable, and thoughts of nabbing the next fix hurled them into each day. Then, when desperation sets in, Candy will stop at nothing to secure a blast, as she and her lover become hostage to the nightmarish world of addiction. <br><br>Painful, sexy, tender, and charged with dark humor, <b>Candy</b> provocatively charts the daily rituals of two lovers maintaining a long-term junk habit. Told in stunningly vivid prose and set against the backdrop of suburban and urban Australia, <b>Candy</b> is both an electrifying and frightening glimpse of contemporary life and love. 29941 16 6 1998 Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction total:376|5:9|4:8|3:4|2:0|1:1| 376 1438 677 59 2 2 false false Mon Aug 13 17:28:55 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 23:16:20 -0700 2007 Jesus' Son), and hardly ever read - let alone enjoy - junkie books, with the notable exception of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting (which, to be fair, had a lot more going for it than the ins and outs of addiction). But I wanted to read Luke Davies' Candy before...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Wed Aug 08 15:39:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 15:47:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Nov 16 02:40:36 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 02:43:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 5 false false Thu Jun 19 05:54:26 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 11:19:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Mar 30 12:00:04 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 12:12:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat May 16 01:07:08 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 08:08:37 -0700 2009
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