Under the Roofs of Paris

In 1941,Henry Millerthe author of Tropic of Cancerwas commissioned by a Los Angeles bookseller to write an erotic novel for a dollar a page. Under the Roofs of Paris (originally published as Opus Pistorum) is that book. Here one finds MillerΓÇÖs characteristic candorwitself-mockeryand celebration of the good life. From Marcelle to Taniato Alexandrato Annaand from the Left Bank to PigalleMiller sweeps us up in his odyssey in search of the perfect jobthe perfect womanand the perfect experience.