Candy
Publisher: Dell Pub Co
Published: October 1983
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780440110422
Subjects: Fiction
First sentence: "I've read many books," said Professor Mephesto, with an odd finality, wearily flattening his hands on the podium, addressing the seventy-six sophomores who sat in easy reverence, immortalizing his every phrase with their pads and pens, and now, as always, giving him the confidence to slowly, artfully dramatize his words, to pause, shrug, frown, gaze abstractly at the ceiling, allow a wan wistful smile to play at his lips, and repeat quietly, "many books. . ."