Alexandra Jacobs
Appearances
The Daily
The Year in Books
The Hunter by Tana French. Candy Darling, Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr.
The Daily
The Year in Books
I read 70 books this year. I'm not telling you how many I read for pleasure. I read more than 100 books this year.
The Daily
The Year in Books
I'm Alexandra Jacobs, and I'm a critic for The New York Times Book Review. And a book I loved in 2024 was Candy Darling, Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr. Candy Darling is a biography of the transgender pioneer and Andy Warhol intimate who lived only till 29 but had a sort of blazing, event-filled life.
The Daily
The Year in Books
This is someone who was radical in her very existence at an extremely conformist time in America. She was insisting on not only going through life as a woman, but as a star. And, you know, I think this book did her justice. It showed the beauty of her gorgeous, challenging, ironic, sardonic life. It's just a sparkling book. It sparkles like Candy Darling would wish.