num_pages: 388
description: Drawn from letters, interviews, reviews, articles, and court transcripts, a riotous account traces the evolution of Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg's Candy, a frenzied satire loosely based on Voltaire's Candide, from its inception in Paris to its introduction in America. 20,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Candy Men: The Rollicking Life & Times of the Notorious Novel Candy
titlecomplete: The Candy Men: The Rollicking Life & Times of the Notorious Novel Candy
ratings_count: 28
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Colorado Book Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Arcade Publishing (NY)