The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus, Plexus, Nexus

Henry Miller's Rosy Crucifixion, his second major

trilogy, took more than 10 years for the author to complete.

Beginning in 1949 with Sexus, a work so controversial all of Paris was

abuzz with L'Affaire Miller, (and publisher Maurice Girodias saw

himself threatened with jail), following in 1952 with Plexus, and

finally concluding with 1959's Nexus, the three works are a dazzling

array of scenes, sexual encounters and ideas, covering Miller's final

days in NY, his relationship with June Miller and her lover, his take

on the arts, his favorite writers, his thoughts, his insights, his

days and his nights, finally ending with a glorious farewell to the

life he'd known and an anticipation of the life he would

lead.