Crazy Cock

By Henry Miller and Mary V. Dearborn

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802132936
• ISBN13: 9780802132932
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

"The Master" at work...

Miller is undeniably one of the literary giants. This is a wonderful and enlightening insight into his sourjorn to that height. It's far from perfect, but to any hardcore Miller fan it will be a treat. They will get a real sense of "the master" chipping away at the almost singular stone that would forever be his muse.