<p>''New York is an aquarium ... where there are nothing but hellbenders and lungfish and slimy, snag-toothed groupers and sharks''<br><br>In 1935 Henry Miller set off from his adopted home, Paris, to revisit his native land, America. <i>Aller Retour New York</i>, his exuberant, humorous missive to his friend Alfred Perl¿describing the trip and his return journey on a Dutch steamer, is filled with vivid reflections on his hellraising antics, showing Miller at the height of his powers. This edition also includes <i>Via Dieppe-Newhaven</i>, his entertaining account of a failed attempt to visit England. <br><br>''The greatest American writer'' Bob Dylan</p>