Joey: A Loving Portrait of Alfred Perles Together With Some Bizarre Episodes Relating to the Opposite Sex

by Henry Miller

Nice clean copy

126 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1979

About the author

Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York City and Paris (all of which were banned in the United States until 1961). He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolors.

Reviews

[Brendan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miller’s final volume of reminiscences of friends is just as great as the first two, containing some of his most heartfelt, poignant writing. A true gem.

[Sophie Kressy ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit dated for modern day (sexist overtones) but was definitely interesting to read about artists in the past, from a primary source.