Hoffenberg fut un auteur prolifique dont l'œuvre explore des relations humaines complexes et des normes sociétales avec une intelligence aiguisée. Son style se caractérise par des dialogues incisifs et un réalisme cru qui révèle les désirs cachés et les frustrations de ses personnages. Hoffenberg abordait souvent des thèmes tels que l'identité, l'aliénation et la recherche de sens dans le monde d'après-guerre, créant des œuvres à la fois provocatrices et profondément humaines. Son écriture conserve une capacité unique à saisir l'air du temps tout en parlant d'expériences humaines universelles.
"Guy Grand is the last of the big spenders, an eccentric billionaire determined to create disorder and willing to pay anything to prove his theory that there is nothing so degrading that someone won't do it for money. Guy Grand leads a life full of madcap schemes and practical jokes, all showing that everyone has their price and that he is willing to pay it."--Back cover.
In Texas during the 1950s, twelve-year-old Harold Stevens spends his summer catfishing and hunting with his closest friend C.K., a twenty-three-year-old Black man who introduces Harold to Old Nail--an ex-con involved in deadly rituals
Banned upon its initial publication, the now-classic Candy is a romp of a story about the impossibly sweet Candy Christian, a wide-eyed, luscious, all-American girl. Candy -- a satire of Voltaire's Candide -- chronicles her adventures with mystics, sexual analysts, and everyone she meets when she sets out to experience the world.