![]() Joe passes one idyllic day with Candy at the zoo and, like an addict, spends the rest of the book in pursuit of that same feeling of bliss. Brooks does a convincing job of portraying Joe as desperately smitten, aware that his love object is a prostitute with a serious drug habit, yet pulled into her dangerous world in spite of himself. cut throats), who seems to have a powerful hold over Candy. Their brief flirtation comes to an abrupt halt by the appearance of menacing Iggy (a somewhat over-the-top villain-"He towered over the table like a steel-black giant"-with a penchant for offering to give people "smiles," i.e. While in London for a doctor's appointment, suburban 15-year-old Joe (whose authentically adolescent first-person narration will immediately engage readers) encounters Candy, a bold and intoxicatingly attractive young woman. ![]() ![]() ) infuses his latest tale with a romantic-even mythic-grandeur sure to enthrall his fans. Versatile English author Brooks ( Martyn Pig ![]()
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