Candy Girl

Candy Girl - A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper (2006) by Diablo Cody. Cody is at great pains to keep her intellect on display as she describes her year of misadventures as a stripper in Minneapolis. She never really manages to convey the why of it -- i.e., why she felt compelled to become a stripper, and why she quit after a year. The book does provide an inside look at the life of a stripper (hint: it's not glamorous). And there's not much, short of flat-out prostitution, that Cody refuses to do in the stripper's world. Readable, but not compelling. Grade: B