Candy is beside me drenched in sweat. Shes 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. . . . He met Candy amid a lush Sydney summer. Gorgeous sexy freespirited 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 wasnt love after all about sharing lives Candy had a bit of money and in the beginning everything was beautiful. Heady heroinhazed days the world open and inviting. But when the money ran out the craving remained and the days ceased their luxurious stretch. 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. Painful sexy tender and charged with dark humor Candy provocatively charts the daily rituals of two lovers maintaining a longterm junk habit. Told in stunningly vivid prose and set against the backdrop of suburban and urban Australia Candy is both an electrifying and frightening glimpse of contemporary life and love. show more