The Economist (US), May 11th, 1991
BELIEVING that the only proper aim was "to satisfy your own impulses and fulfil your own desires", Henry Miller turned his books into garrulous manuals of his own quest for freedom, the essence of which was abundant sex. In 1934 his first published novel, "Tropic of Cancer", created a sensation with its innocent, prodigal delight in socially forbidden words and deeds. Predictably, it was banned by government censors, but hailed by a broad range of critics. T.S. Eliot found it "a rather magnificent piece of work" and the young Lawrence Durrell called it "the copy-book for my generation". Ther...
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