Many people have castigated the shamelessness of the Tropic novels‚ which for a long time were widely suppressed and illicitly supplied under the counter, and have been at a loss to explain how their author could have simultaneously maintained a career as a serious essayist. In this book, Miller seeks to set the record straight and argues that there is no contradiction between his salacious novels and his philosophy. Throughout his pamphlet, Miller makes liberal use of raw language to narrate his own experiences as a young man and formulate his philosophical conclusions. Motivated both by a mischievous desire to shock and by a candid endeavour to to achieve a crude and precise language, Miller triumphs thanks to his entertaining and seductive enthusiasm.

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'American literature today begins and ends with the meaning of what Miller has done.' – Lawrence Durrell

'Here in my opinion is the only imaginative prose-writer of the slightest value who has appeared among the English-speaking races for some years past.
George Orwell

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Banned for much of the author’s lifetime, and notorious afterwards, the works of Henry Miller (1891–1980) have left an indelible mark on subsequent American authors such as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. Add to Cart: Customers who bought this product also purchased... Aphorisms Frankenstein The Theatre and its Double Diaries of Adam and Eve