Miller, of course, was in Paris at the same time but
considered too shabby to hang with Pappa & Scott, etc. He
became friends with Crowley according to Anias Nin, but I
don't recall Miller writing about that relationship. Remind
me, if I'm wrong, what book it's in. Nin talks about the
relationship in Henry & June and Incest. Apparently
Miller fell out of favor with Crowley because he borrowed
money from him and never paid him back. That's a switch!
Crowley, himself, was notorious for borrowing money and not
repaying it. Crowley was a croney of Somerset Maugham when
they were both in Paris at this time. Crowley made fun of
Maugham because he stuttered but was flattered by Maugham's
very unflattering portrait of Crowley in his lame early
novel, THE MAGICIAN. In his "Confessions," Crowley says a
number of very nice things about Maughn's books and his
ability as a writer. Certainly true of THE RAZOR'S EDGE &
MOON & SIXPENCE. OF HUMAN BONDAGE, while beautifully
written, is one of those character studies that goes nowhere
for a lot of pages.
Patrick King
--- Don Lee <
donthepoet@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The reference to the man in the cape is
"the
> diabolist
> Aleister Crowley." He also turns up in Henry
Miller
> somewhere.
>
>
>
> --- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Patrick King wrote of A MOVABLE
FEAST:
> >
> > It's a great portrait of people struggling
to
> > create;
> > chooseing alies and dealing with
professional
> > jealousy, their own, and jealousy aimed at
them.
> >
> > ***************
> > I have mixed feelings about it. I liked
it
> because
> > of
> > the wicked gossip woven into it. Really
nasty
> > towards
> > Gertrude Stein and Fitzgerald didn't come
out
> > looking
> > very good either. It's been a while since I
read
> it
> > but doesn't it portray the beginning of
the
> collapse
> > of the Fitzgerald family, with Zelda
heading
> towards
> > crazy? My problem with it, though, is that
it
> shows
> > Hemingway's tendency to turn against his
former
> > friends, something pointed out earlier by
Richard
> > Moore.
> >
> > As a side note on the who's who in A
Movable
> Feast,
> > I
> > think that there's a reference to a man walking
by
> a
> > cafe with a cape on. It doesn't say, but
I've
> heard
> > it's Aleister Crowley.
> >
> > And The Sun Also Rises is as near perfect as
I
> need
> > in
> > life.
> >
> > miker
> >
> >
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