Tropic of Capricorn
Author: Henry Miller
Riotous, rude and explosive, Tropic of Capricorn chronicles Henry Miller’s early life in New York. The young Miller is angry, passionate, lewd, a fiery prophet of sexual and intellectual freedom, and an incorrigible prankster dedicated to the subversion of America’s stale moral code.Read it, and experience for yourself Miller’s raw, unbridled love of life in all its filthy….Read More
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