![]() ![]() Just as Hitler and his nightmare goons were burning books en masse. It’s worth noting that Tropic of Cancer was banned Of course the French didn’t have any problem with it, with them being notoriously more accepting of humankind’s more carnal inclinations… It took a Supreme Court ruling in 1964 before the book could be published and distributed legally on the U.S. Of course the French didn’t have any problem with it, with them being notoriously more accepting of humankind’s more carnal inclinations, but back then Miller’s explicit depictions of sex proved to be too much for the prudish, more conservative societies of England and America. Of it could be “of or having to do with f#cking,” and ToC is full of it. ![]() In case you’re unfamiliar with the meaning of the word “prurient,” a rough definition States, the United Kingdom, and Canada due to the prurient nature of its content. When Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer was proffered byįrench publisher Obelisk in 1934, the book was immediately banned in the United ![]()
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