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In 1930 Henry Miller moved from new York to Paris, leaving behind (at least temporarily) his tempestuous marriage to June Smith and a novel he fully expected to be his masterpiece. Begun in 1927, and originally titled 'Lovely Lesbians, Crazy Cock' sprang from his anguish over June’s love affair with a mysterious woman called Jean Kronski. Purging himself of this pain through the writing of 'Crazy Cock' helped Miller to discover his true voice a few years later in 'Tropic of Cancer'.
“It is a shame that Miller is not around to report on the War of the Hormones. 'Crazy Cock' is a dispatch from the front. His critics will use the novel’s sexual and political incorrectness to disguise the reality that he understood the ever-present prejudices and confusions of women and men better than any of the talk-show munchkins. 'Crazy Cock' is full of the sheer force of Miller’s language and the sexual pitch and youthful literary eagerness which start cafe brawls and outrage high-school librarians.”
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
“Miller’s account of the writer’s misery is vivid and affecting and he tells his story with feeling. At times it is so raw it hurts, at other times the rawness manifests itself in an exhilarating spontaneity.”
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
“A major find. Miller’s talent for expressionistic description is already clear in 'Crazy Cock'‘s picture of Greenwich Village bohemia and New York low-life.”
TLS
“To write, Miller always required an air of the literary, and 'Crazy Cock' supplies the blueprint.”
NEW YORK TIMES
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Henry Miller was born in Brooklyn, New York. He had a variety of jobs as a young man, including several years working for the Western Union Telegraph Company. During this time, encouraged by June Mansfield Smith, the second of his five wives, Miller began to write. Aside from articles, stories for pulp magazines and prose poems, Miller worked on his first novels ‘Crazy Cock’ and ‘Moloch’, and on the copious notes which would eventually transmute into the notorious ‘Tropics’ books.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st English edition. Seller Inventory # 10261
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG++, 1992 Harper UK 1st printing, clean & tight, dustjacket in mylar with price intact- has only very light shelfwear, no markings found, not a remainder, light tanning to top edge of textblock, a nice copy., almost Like New. Seller Inventory # d01034
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. Hardback published by HarperCollins, 1992. In good condition with dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 11106
Book Description Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers. Seller Inventory # wbs6258788370
Book Description Black Cloth. Condition: Good/Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. xxxii, 202pp, pages clean and crisp other than some blue biro marks in the text and margins of five pages of the introduction, ink name of previous owner to front free endpaper, dated May 1992, black cloth with gilt spine lettering, a very good unclipped dust jacket. Contains a newspaper clipping with details of the book. Crazy Cock is Henry Miller's third novel, dating from 1927 and rediscovered in 1988 after years in a trunk. Size: 8.75 X 5.5 Inches. Fiction. Seller Inventory # 016068
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. Review Copy slip loosely inserted. Book rediscovered in 1988 by Miller biographer Mary V. Dearborn. Jacket neatly price clipped. Printing number series 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, the first printing of the first British edition. Seller Inventory # 037557
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. Foreword by Erica Jong. Introduction by Mary V Dearborn. xxvii, 202pp. Cloth boards in dustjacket. The first publication of Henry Miller's third novel which is set in Greenwich Village in the 1920s. Published posthumously. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 018251
Book Description Hardback. In 1930 Henry Miller moved from New York to Paris, leaving behind -- at least temporarily -- his tempestuous marriage to June Smith and a novel that had sprung from his anguish over her love affair with a mysterious woman named Jean Kronski. Begun in 1927, Crazy Cock is the story of Tony Bring, a struggling writer whose bourgeois inclinations collide with the disordered bohemianism of his much-beloved wife, Hildred, particularly when her lover, Vanya, comes to live with them in their already cramped Greenwich Village apartment. In a world swirling with violence, sex, and passion, the three struggle with their desires, inching ever nearer to insanity, each unable to break away from this dangerous and consuming love triangle. 1992. First UK edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked copy in a near fine, unclipped d/w with only superficial wear. 1.8 Centimeters X 15.9 Centimeters X 24 Centimeters. Seller Inventory # 23503537
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Harper Collins, London, 1992, Hardcover, First UK Edition, full number line. Book Condition: Fine and apparently unread copy. Dust jacket condition: Fine and unclipped.nice copy, will be enclosed in a mylar protective sleeve. Seller Inventory # ABE-1518636170928