andré deutsch accepted southern's first novel, "flash and filigree", early in 1957, and the short story "a south summer idyll" was published in "paris review" no. 15. the southerns spent some time in spain with henry green during the summer, and southern interviewed him for the "paris review". several more short stories were published later that year, by which time he was finishing work on "candy". southern and gregory corso helped convince girodias to publish the controversial novel "naked lunch" by then-little-known author william s. burroughs.