Candy

The New York Times–bestselling parody of Voltaire’s Candide that was banned in France and went on to become a salacious cult classic.

Candy is a perfect, idealistic, innocent girl, born on Valentine’s Day, which, her daddy says, is why she’s so beautiful. At college in Racine, Wisconsin, she listens earnestly to Professor Mephisto’s lecture on philosophy and how “deep and aching are the needs of m...