

Tropic of Cancer
Author: Henry Miller
Narrator: Campbell Scott
Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Caedmon
Published: 09/09/2008
Categories: Fiction, Erotica, Classic, Literary Fiction
Author: Henry Miller
Narrator: Campbell Scott
Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Caedmon
Published: 09/09/2008
Categories: Fiction, Erotica, Classic, Literary Fiction
Henry Valentine Miller was born in New York City in 1891 and raised in Brooklyn. He lived in Europe, particularly Paris, Berlin, the south of France, and Greece; in New York; and in Beverly Glen, Big Sur, and Pacific Palisades, California where he died in 1980. He is also the author, among many other works, of Tropic of Capricorn, the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy (Sexus, Plexus, Nexus), and The Air-Conditioned Nightmare.
Campbell Scott studied with Stella Adler and Geraldine Page, and appeared on Broadway in Long Day's Journey into Night, among other productions. His many films include Longtime Companion, Singles, Music and Lyrics, and Big Night, which he co-directed.
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