Tropic of Capricorn (novel)
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| Author | Henry Miller |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Erotic novel |
| Publisher | Obelisk Press |
| Released | 1938 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 367 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | Tropic of Cancer |
Tropic of Capricorn is a novel by Henry Miller, first published in Paris in 1938. The novel is a sequel to Tropic of Cancer, 1934. The novel is set in 1920s New York, where the narrator 'Henry V. Miller' works in the personnel division of the 'Cosmodemonic' telegraph company.
Although the narrator's experiences closely parallel Miller's own time in New York working for the Western Union Telegraph Company, and he shares the author's name, the novel is not pure autobiography. Miller maintains a (somewhat) ironic distance from his narrator's exaggerated misogyny and racism.
