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Wonderful Read--Publisher needs a copyeditor: The collection of three of Miller's greatest works in volume looked too good to be true. It was. Miller's great, brusque voice is here, but the production quality of the volume is very low. The text contains far too many errors, as if it were transcribed with no proofread prior to press. Buy another edition from a more reputable company.
What an EXCELLENT Idea - FINALLY!!!: Well, two of my favorite books, the 'Tropics' & then 'Black Spring' which is all right but not Miller's best work, not as fine as, say, 'Colossus of Marousi, but still, all 3 of these books in one makes it a lot easier to swipe from the bookshop instead of having to pocket all 3 separately; definitely lowers the chances of getting caught so thank you, Obelisk! Rimbaudessque passages, avid gritty portrayals of love gone wrong, horribly wrong, being down & out, broke, tired, hopeless, hungry, desperate, unwilling to work, recalcitrant, obnoxious & starved raving mad. Man, what would we do without you, Henry?
Get The Revised Edition: Took a chance on the ebook, as the title is ridiculously cheap. Message at the front says "Revised, March 2005"--so if you're getting it from a marketplace seller or something, be sure they have the right version. I can remember first picking up a paperbound trilogy by Mr. Miller some 20 years, an old Grove PB from the '60s. Loved it, and it keeps speaking to me to this very day. Four stars because the text is marked up in the French manner, and it can be a little hard to deal with all the angle quotes and such. Did buy the paperback as well, and love carrying all three around with me.
| Author: | Henry Miller | | Binding: | Paperback | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 813 | | EAN: | 9781596541108 | | ISBN: | 1596541105 | | Number Of Pages: | 428 | | Publication Date: | 2008-07-03 | | Release Date: | 2008-07-03 |
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