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Tropic of Cancer

By: Henry Miller
Narrated by: Ian McShane
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Tropic of Cancer is regarded as a masterpiece, with Time magazine rating it as one of the 100 most important novels of the 20th century.

It is an unforgettable, confessional, warts-and-all novel of the author and his friends riotous adventures in Paris during the Depression. It changed censorship laws in the US, where it was published decades after it was written, and reading it today amplifies the debt that modern writers owe Miller.

Ian McShane's rich and sexy voice provides the layers and depth to a compelling listening experience.

©1957 The Estate of Henry Miller (P)2009 Allure Classics
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Incredible language, very course, very funny if you don't mind graphic sex talk. It was a good distraction from the daily grind

Not for the faint hearted

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Ian McShane narrates brilliantly this self-aggrandising little aside by the glans-about-town Henry Miller. Such a spewing forth of wordy semen. Such unabashed misogyny, loathing and existential pointlessness.

Turbo-charged entitled clap-trap

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Self indulgent writing from the author but or it’s time I guess. Paris in an epoque is always interesting -

McShane made this worth reading!

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Brilliantly read trip to the source and flow of all things. The blunt end of Paris dreams. Raw river rushes forth.

A life I haven't led

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In short the narrator was fantastic. However, the story was hard to finish due to the narrative being a tad negative for me.

a mixed review

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