![]() ![]() Vicious anti-Semitic remarks and references reflect the obsession that preoccupied Miller ( Tropic of Capricorn ) until after WW II his homophobia is also offensive. The trio lives in a frescoed basement apartment in Brooklyn and cavorts in Greenwich Village. Her lover, painter-poet Vanya (based on Jean Kronski), with an invented past as a bastard Romanoff princess, cuts a pathetic figure. ![]() Morbid enchantress Hildred, modeled on Miller's unbalanced wife, June Mansfield Smith, comes off as a pseudo-bohemian. Aspiring writer Tony Bring, depicted as a sensitive soul in a rotten world, is a misogynistic bully. Written between 19 but never before published, Miller's autobiographical novel describing his rage over his second wife's live-in lesbian lover is an awkward performance. ![]()
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