In this unique work, Henry Miller gives an utterly candid and self-revealing account of the reading he did during his formative years.

Some of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals,

An engaging invitation to rediscover Henry Miller—and to learn how his anarchist sensibility can help us escape “the air-conditioned nightmare” of the mod

A stream-of-consciousness story of a poverty-stricken young American, living in Paris.

“A wonderful portrait of Miller in his heyday: full of beans and braggadocio, overflowing with the lust to live and write.”—Erica Jong His years in Paris