Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

“This is a compassionate portrait of Candy Darling, who lived a pretty tough life. She was born James Lawrence Slattery, but from the beginning it was very apparent that she wanted to become a woman, a very glamorous woman. So she left Queens and wound up in this group of people that flocked around Andy Warhol. Andy ended up using her in his films, and she became a movie star of sorts, although not the kind of movie star she really wanted to be. The hard part is that nobody really took care of her, including Warhol. She was often homeless.” Read more...

The Best Biographies: The 2025 NBCC Shortlist

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