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Henry Miller - The Tropic of Cancer BOOK REVIEW

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Brock Eldon

Nice! This book's got such a whiff of nostalgia for me. This was my early 20s. Can't wait to watch the review, man!

Sam Hunt

Our time differences work out great. It's 8:30am here in the UK. I wake up to this notification, put the review on the TV, make myself a cup of tea, all is well.

Byrnzie

Cancer and Capricorn were life-changing books for me. It was only after reading Celine's, Journey to the End of the Night that I realized how much influence this book had on Miller. Journey is also really funny and has dozens of incredible one-liners. Between Cancer and Capricorn, I'd have to say that Capricorn is my favourite. It was written after Tropic of Cancer, but describes his life in New York before managing to get away to Paris. Nobody can ever look at the Brooklyn Bridge again in quite the same way after reading Capricorn. This was the first book of Millers that I read, when I was 18, and it changed my outlook on life. It's been in my top-3 books ever since. Tropic of Cancer is a book that I'd recommend to anyone feeling despondent/suicidal, as it's life-affirming, to a degree like nothing else I've even known.

James Henderson

This was my introduction to Miller's writing, but my favorite is the wonderful Colossus of Marousi.

Derrik

The component of suffering fell away from the notion of "passion" over time. I argue that we bring it back.

Tamara L.

Excellent review. Really need to read some Miller.