Tropic of Cancer (novel)

Tropic of Cancer is a sexually explicit novel by Henry Miller, first published in 1934 by Obelisk Press in Paris and still in print (Grove Press 1987 paperback: ISBN 0802131786). Its publication in 1961 in the United States by Grove Press led to an obscenity trial that was one of several that tested American laws on pornography in the 1960s.

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Sexually explicit - Novel - Henry Miller - Published in 1934 - Obelisk Press - Paris - Publication in 1961 - Grove Press - Obscenity - Pornography - 1960s

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In 1964 the U.S. Supreme Court, in Grove Press, Inc., v. Gerstein, cited Jacobellis v. Ohio (which was decided the same day) and overruled state court findings of obscenity.

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U.S. Supreme Court - Grove Press, Inc., v. Gerstein - Jacobellis v. Ohio

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