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Tropic of Cancer.

Summary:

"First volume of Miller's famed mix of memoir and fiction, which chronicles with unapologetic gusto the bawdy adventures of a young expatriate writer, his friends, and the characters they meet in Paris in the 1930s."--Jacket

Record details

  • ISBN: 0802151825
  • ISBN: 9780802151827
  • Physical Description: 318 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Grove Press, [1961]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
"Now hailed as an American classic, Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller's masterpiece, was banned as obscene in this country for 27 years after its first publication in Paris in 1934."--Publisher
Subject:
Americans > France > Fiction.
Authorship > Fiction.
Bohemianism > Fiction.
Sex customs > Fiction.
Sexual practices.
Paris (France) > Fiction.
Paris (France) > History > 1870-1940 > Fiction.
Genre:
Paris, France.
Autobiographical fiction.
Erotic fiction.
Picaresque fiction.

Available copies

  • 4 of 5 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Charles H. Stone Memorial Library F MILLER (Text) 30665100118771 Adult Fiction Available -
Cumberland Headquarters F MILLER (Text) 31781040174193 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/17/2026
Kenly Public Library FIC Mil (Text) 38957990325299 Adult Fiction Available -
Macon County Public Library F MILLER (Text) 39493105322046 Adult Fiction Available -
South Buncombe/Skyland Library F MIL (Text) 0020507102299 Adult Fiction Available -

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Summary: "First volume of Miller's famed mix of memoir and fiction, which chronicles with unapologetic gusto the bawdy adventures of a young expatriate writer, his friends, and the characters they meet in Paris in the 1930s."--Jacket