The Narrator

The narrator is the main character. He remains unnamed throughout the entire novel. The narrator is Australian and lives in Sydney. He is a heroin addict. Heroin is the love of his life. He introduces heroin to the second love of his life, his girlfriend Candy. The narrator is a mentor to Candy in regard to heroin addiction and soon they are both addicts.

He supports his addiction by running scams. These scams include robbery and forgery. He steals credit cards, wallets and books for fast cash. He preys on weak individuals and scams them into giving money to himself and Candy. He uses Candy's beauty as a vehicle to prey on these weak men. Once Candy and he get married, they delve deeper into addiction. He becomes lazier, sitting around the house and only running an occasional scam, but Candy is a prostitute and the breadwinner...