Candy Darling : dreamer, icon, superstar / Cynthia Carr.
| Author/creator | Carr, Cynthia, 1950- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | 417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Dreamer, icon, superstar |
| Contents | Introduction -- "You sure you're not a girl?" -- The double life -- In the chrysalis -- Candyland -- Some glamour, some glory -- The last superstars -- Almost -- Star trip -- Just revolting -- Vain Victory -- A glittering facade -- Stardusk -- A diamond-shaped heart -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | Brimming with all the fizz and wildness of New York in the 1960s and '70s, this is the first biography of Candy Darling, an extraordinary figure, and an unintentional pioneer who became an icon. |
| Abstract | "The Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling was glamour personified, but she was without a real place in the world. Growing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet and queer, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets like Kim Novak. She found her turn in New York's early Off-Off-Broadway theater scene, in Warhol's films Flesh and Women in Revolt, and at the famed nightclub Max's Kansas City. She inspired songs by Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones. She became friends with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, borrowed a dress from Lauren Hutton, posed for Richard Avedon, and performed alongside Tennessee Williams in his own play. Yet Candy lived on the edge, relying on the kindness of strangers, friends, and her quietly devoted mother, sleeping on couches and in cheap hotel rooms, keeping a part of herself hidden. She wanted to be a star, but mostly she wanted to be loved. Her last diary entry was: "I shall try to be grateful for life . . . Cannot imagine who would want me." Candy died at twenty-nine in 1974, just as conversations about gender and identity were beginning to enter the broader culture. She never knew it, but she changed the world. Brimming with all the fizz and wildness of New York in the 1960s and '70s, this is the first biography of this extraordinary figure--an unintentional pioneer who became an icon. Cynthia Carr's Candy Darling is packed with tales of luminaries, gossip, and meticulous research, laced with Candy's words and her friends' recollections, and signals Candy's long-overdue return to the spotlight." -- Publisher's website |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-397) and index. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Transgender biographies. |
| Genre/form | Queer biographies. |
| Genre/form | LGBTQ+ biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2023040888 |
| ISBN | 9781250066350 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1250066352 (hardcover) |
| Standard identifier# | 40032258874 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN2287 .D2816 C37 2024 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |