Crazy Cock (Uncorrected Proof) [Paperback]

Henry Miller (Author), Erica Jong (Foreword), Mary Dearborn (Introduction)

Product Details

• Paperback: 218 pages
• Publisher: NY, GROVE PRESS, 1991; First Edition edition (1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802133150
• ISBN-13: 978-0802133151
• ASIN: B000K1MZI4
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,422,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

HENRY MILLER (1891-1980) was an American writer and painter infamous for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of "novel" that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also fictional. His most characteristic works of this kind are "Tropic of Cancer," "Tropic of Capricorn," and "Black Spring." His books were banned in the United States for their lewd content until 1964 when a court ruling overturned this order, acknowledging Miller's work as literature in what became one of the most celebrated victories of the sexual revolution.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A variation on a theme, September 8, 1999

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This review is from: Crazy Cock (Paperback)

Crazy Cock is Henry Miller's third full length novel and it tells the tale of the triangle between Henry, June and Mara Andrews (aka Jean Kronski). The novel is not very well written, filled with pedantic, prolix and baroque passages, as Miller struggles mightily to find his voice. Miller fans will find this work quite interesting, as it is another variation on The Rosy Crucifixion. However, this book is definately not a good place to start your journey through the works of Henry Miller, as there are many better places to begin (Tropic of Cancer, Air Conditioned Nightmare) your journey.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading to study Miller's development, August 26, 1998

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Eduardo Navas - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crazy Cock (Paperback)

I am glad "Crazy Cock" was printed, because now it is possible for all of us to know what it takes to make a work of art -- that is a lot of hard work. I recommend reading "Sexus", or "Tropic of Cancer" before reading Crazy Cock, since the book itself does not stand up as a work of art. Crazy Cock is a failure as literature, but it is worth the effort to read through it if one has a creative mind which needs inspiration. The work does show Miller's desperate struggle to find a voice, and what is more inspiring is the fact that he found it.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Readable but not Henry's best work..., July 25, 2008

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Janice M. Foote "* Live Love Laugh * Dream to... (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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This book is a good introduction to Henry's writing. Though if you've read his better stuff ala Black Spring The Tropics, like me, you're probably going to be at least a bit disappointed and want to hurry through it instead of savor his writing like usual.