Tropic of Cancer; Henry Miller

Publisher: Grove Press, Inc. New York

Edition:Year: 1961

Description: F, 321 pp.; a semi-autobiographical novel of Henry Millier's life in Paris during the 1920's; Grove Press Inc. 1961; Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller is a novel that has been described as "notorious for its candid sexuality" and as responsible for the " the free speech that we now take for granted in literature." It was first pulished in 1934 by the Obelisk Press in Paris, France, but this edition was banned in the United States. Its publication in 1961 in the U.S. by Grove Press led to obscenity trials that tested American laws on pornography in the early 1960's. In 1964 the U.S. Supreme Court declared the book non-obscene. It is regarded as an important work of 20th-century literature.---Wikipedia; Tropic of Cancer was made into a Hollywood movie (1970) directed by Joseph Strick starring Rip Torn as Henry Miller, Ellen Burstyn as Mona Miller and thirty-one other actors and actresses playing characters in the novel.; Henry Miller b.1891 - d.1980

Author: Henry Miller