The Air-Conditioned Nightmare [Paperback]

In 1939, after ten years as an expatriate, Henry Miller returned to the United States with a keen desire to see what his native land was really liketo get to the roots of the American nature and experience. He set out on a journey that was to last three years, visiting many sections of the country and making friends of all descriptions.Henry Miller is the nearest thing to C?line America has produced .... He aims not at the ears, brains or consciences, but at the viscera and solar plexus.His stories and essays celebrate those rare individuals (famous and obscure) whose creative resilience and mere existence oppose the mechanization of minds and souls.