num_pages: 336
description: Banned for almost thirty years in the UK and US after its original 1934 publication, this is a classic of erotic literature shattering every taboo on its frank, unapologetic portrait of desire. A fictional account of Miller's adventures amongst the prostitutes, pimps, and penniless painters and writers of underground Paris, Tropic of Cancer is an extravagant and rhapsodic hymn to a world of unrivalled sexuality and freedom.With an essay by James Frey'A momentous event in the history of modern writing' Samuel Beckett
language: English
title: Tropic of Cancer
titlecomplete: Tropic of Cancer
genres: 20th Century, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Erotica, Banned Books, Classics, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 70886
places: Paris, Montparnasse, Paris
series: Tropic
publisher: Harper Perennial