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Tropic of Cancer, 1961

Photo: University of Virginia. 1961 Tropic of Cancer Prohibited prose. Originally banned in Canada in 1958, the Henry Miller novel Tropic of Cancer came under police scrutiny only after a library employee phoned in to ask about its status.

 Photo: University of Virginia.Photo: University of Virginia.

1961

Tropic of Cancer

Prohibited prose. Originally banned in Canada in 1958, the Henry Miller novel Tropic of Cancer came under police scrutiny only after a library employee phoned in to ask about its status. Now alerted, the police raided the library and a couple of bookstores on October 13, searching for the novel and its sequel, Tropic of Capricorn.

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