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Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller (1939)


"What is a fanatic? One who believes passionately and acts desperately upon what he believes. I was always believing in something and so getting into trouble."



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  • Published in France in 1934 but banned in the USA until 1961

  • “notorious for its candid sexuality”

  • Famous court ruling which changed censorship standards to allow freedom of speech for modern literature

  • Now considered an American classic

  • Part of a trilogy along with Black Spring (1936) & Tropic of Capricorn (1939)






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