Neil Armfield

This story is a narration from an Australian man who falls in love with two kinds of CANDY: a woman of the same name and heroin. The narrator changes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, while CANDY changes from an actress, call girl, streetwalker, and then a madwoman. Starting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other possessions...