There's apparently this author named Henry Miller. He wrote a book called "Tropic of Cancer" This is all I know. Oh and this:
In his dissent from the majority holding that the book was not obscene, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Musmanno wrote Cancer is "not a book. It is a cesspool, an open sewer, a pit of putrefaction, a slimy gathering of all that is rotten in the debris of human depravity."
This is by far the greatest unwitting endorsement for a novel that I have ever seen in my life. I MUST find and read this book now. Ir just has to happen. Even though I know I'm in for a world of disappointment, I don't care. I mean, how can anything ever live up to that statement? "Mein Kampf" hasn't been described that derisively! Frankly, Mr. Musmanno set the bar for this story above and beyond all possible expectations.
But I just have to know.
I think, this weekend, I'll hunt down that and "Battle Royale" - which I never even knew began life as a novel. This way, I can finally start my collection of "Novels banned in certain parts of the U.S."
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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