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''Tropic of Cancer'' is a in the United States by Grove Press led to an Obscenity trial that was one of several that tested American laws on Pornography in the 1960s . The novel is set in 1930s France, primarily Paris. As many of other of Miller's novels, it is written in the first person and often fluctuates between past and present tense. Some chapters follow a strict narrative and reference Miller's actual friends, colleagues and workplaces; others are written as Stream-of-consciousness reflections. There are many passages explicitly describing the narrator's sexual encounters, however, the book does not solely focus on this subject. In 1964 the U.S. Supreme Court , in '' Grove Press, Inc., V. Gerstein '', cited '' Jacobellis V. Ohio '' (which was decided the same day) and overruled state court findings of obscenity. TRIVIA
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