The classic, candid, and often shocking novel of living in New York during the tumultuous times of the early '30s has spoken to many generations of readers while also being part of the literary underground for nearly three decades, remaining unpublished in the United States until 1961. It is presented in a quality, affordable new paperback edition from Quaint Press. This edition retains breaks within chapters from the original (when collapsed in generic reprints, the author's intended transitions and timeline are lost). The book was part of a trilogy that includes Tropic of Cancer. Henry Valentine Miller (1891-1980) was an accomplished author and artist. Born in New York City, he lived much of his life in Paris, France and Big Sur, California. He is the author of Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, The Colossus of Maroussi, and Crazy Cock, among other novels and writings. Noted for his semi-autobiographical works that pushed the envelope of the novel form and of social acceptance, his classic books helped to establish First Amendment law in 1964 when Tropic of Cancer was declared by the United States Supreme Court to be not obscene. His novels' legal imprimatur as literature virtually sounded the starting gun on the sexual revolution and the freedom in fiction known in the United States today. George Orwell once called Miller "the only imaginative prose-writer of the slightest value who has appeared among the English-speaking races for some years past. Even if that is objected to as an overstatement, it will probably be admitted that Miller is a writer out of the ordinary, worth more than a single glance; and after all, he is a completely negative, unconstructive, amoral writer, a mere Jonah, a passive acceptor of evil, a sort of Whitman among the corpses." No books reflect this truth more than Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. The Quaint Press edition (with the red cover) is presented in a modern, readable format with legible typeface and updated presentation from the original printing.