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Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller's Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn's ethnic neighborhoods and Miller's outrageous sexual exploits,... read more

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Memorable Quotes

  • “The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”

First Sentence

Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos.

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  1. Henry Miller (Author)
 

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