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[[File:tropic_of_cancer_henry_miller_8037.jpg|frame|The original cover, ironically, is one of the least [[Contemptible Cover|Contemptible Covers]] the book has. And no, [[Covers Always Lie|there is no giant crab]] <ref>By the way, check the [[Banned in China|banned]] footnote</ref> ]]▼
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| author = Henry Miller
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| elevator pitch = The author's life as a struggling writer in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
| genre = Autobiography
| publication date = 1934
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{{quote|''“I am living at the Villa Borghese. There is not a crumb of dirt anywhere, nor a chair misplaced. We are all alone here and we are dead.”''|'''
'''''Tropic of Cancer''''' is a novel by [[Henry Miller]], published in 1934. However, it’s known mostly for being the subject of much controversy in America for being considered obscene and pornographic.
The novel follows the author and his dealings in [[Gay Paree]] while struggling as a writer, having sex, meeting with friends, having sex, going to social clubs, [[Rule of Three|having sex]], uttering non sequiturs and, you know, [[Overly Long Gag|having sex]]. It doesn’t really go in circles around sex, though, it focuses heavily on the other issues, all this mixing autobiography and fiction, past and present, with a [[Stream of Consciousness]] approach.
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It was successful enough to spawn a sequel, ''Tropic of Capricorn'', which was also controversial and banned in several countries.
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* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]▼
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* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: Averted. Since the book his written mostly in Miller’s perspective, we read his thoughts, so he’s the only recognizable pervert.
* [[Author Avatar]]: The main character is called Henry Miller, so…
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* [[Country Matters]]: Van Norden particularly is obsessed with it.
* [[Culture Clash]]: The Indian visitor mistakes a bidet for a toilet. Guess what he does with it.
▲* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]
* [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French]]
* [[First-Person Smartass]]: Henry Miller makes himself sound '''so''' smart.
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* [[Sex Sells]]: Oh yeah.
* [[Sexy Packaging]]: See [[Contemptible Cover]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Tom Lehrer]] once declared he wanted to write a mathematics text because he had a million-seller title for it: ''Tropic of Calculus''.
* [[Stream of Consciousness]]
* [[Streetwalker]]: Apparently, Paris is full of them.
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* [[The Treachery of Images]]: Miller states near the beginning that “this is not a book.”
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]: According to the Moral Guardians.
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