Tropic of Cancer

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336 pages

English language

Published Sept. 11, 2015 by Penguin Books, Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-14-139913-3
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4 stars (1 review)

Tropic of Cancer is a novel by Henry Miller that has been described as "notorious for its candid sexuality" and as responsible for the "free speech that we now take for granted in literature." It was first published 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 1960s. In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the book non-obscene. It is regarded as an important work of 20th-century literature.

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4 stars

This book wasn't too shabby.



Some books grab your attention and you love them straight away and some you hate straight away, this book kicks the crap out of you and makes you want to respect it.



The language is course and women are treated....well like objects, I would be surprised if it had been banned because of that.



It did feel like it was written by two authors, one writing about what was currently happening, taking a recording of the events and the second author writes and the "heroes" dreams and what he is thinking. The latter is great, everything flows so well and as you read the tempo picks up and the voices in your head get louder and louder (maybe that is just me though)



The type of writing is very similar to Bukowski, all observational, but I prefer Bukowski out of the two, probably because he …

Subjects

  • Paris (france), fiction
  • Fiction, biographical