Catalog / Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer
(affiliate link)
Henry Miller
A bohemian narrator describes his precarious life in Paris in a free, sexual, and provocative prose. The novel became a landmark case in American obscenity debates.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Obelisk Press
- Original language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0802131786
- ISBN-13
- 9780802131782
- ASIN
- 0802131786
Why was Tropic of Cancer challenged?
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States in 1934. The novel was banned by U.S. Customs in 1934 before American case law protected it against obscenity charges.
The catalog records the scope as distribution. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was Tropic of Cancer banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk · Distribution
The novel was banned by U.S. Customs in 1934 before American case law protected it against obscenity charges.
A historical import censorship case documented by the ALA.
- Source → Banned & Challenged Classics American Library Association
Other questions
- Is Tropic of Cancer banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States, 1934. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was Tropic of Cancer challenged?
- The novel was banned by U.S. Customs in 1934 before American case law protected it against obscenity charges.
Related banned books
Same author or shared themes in the catalog.
Entry last updated .
Read an available edition
Affiliate link. The catalog never builds an Amazon URL from an ISBN.
(affiliate link)