![]() Since the book his written mostly in Miller’s perspective, we read his thoughts, so he’s the only recognizable pervert. It was successful enough to spawn a sequel, 1939's Tropic of Capricorn, which was also controversial and banned in several countries. ![]() It was acclaimed by famous writers like George Orwell and Samuel Beckett. However, the achievement of the novel is Miller's honest approach to reality, ignoring the sex taboo of the age. So, yeah, this may sound like your typical pretentious intellectual novel. It doesn’t really go in circles around sex, though, it focuses heavily on the other issues, all this mixing autobiography and fiction, past and present, with a Macragge1 approach. ![]() ![]() The novel follows the author and his dealings in Gay Paree while struggling as a writer, having sex, meeting with friends, having sex, going to social clubs, having sex, uttering non sequiturs and, you know, having sex. It’s known mostly for being the subject of much controversy in America for being considered obscene and pornographic. Tropic of Cancer is a novel by Henry Miller, published in 1934. ![]()
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