New York is an aquarium where there are nothing but hellbenders and lungfish and slimy snagtoothed groupers and sharks In 1935 Henry Miller set off from his adopted home Paris to revisit his native land America Aller Retour New York his exuberant humorous missive to his friend Alfred Perles 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 Via DieppeNewhaven his entertaining account of a failed attempt to visit England