Killing Moby-Dick
September, 2011
Every man has a list of books that changed his life. Nick Tosches explains why that list varies according to the individual.Like everybody else, I came to Henry Miller through Tropic of Cancer. I was about 13, the book had finally been published for the first time in this country, and I boosted a copy of the paperback. It was one of the legendary dirty books, and I had to have it. As I discovered, it wasn't nearly as dirty as my 13-year-old brain, but I loved it, seeing it more and more, as the...
