controversial american writer whose autobiographical novels had a liberating influence on mid-20th century literature. Because of the frank portrayals of sexuality and his critics on the american society, Miller's major novels have been banned in several countries. In the 1960s Miller became one of the most widely read U.

S. authors.

In his autobiographical works Miller created a myth out of his own life, about a free-spirited, penniless American writer who has a number of affairs and spends his time between New York and paris.

miller is mentioned in this context, as the person from whose perspective faster is written (richey edwards) states that he is stronger than all these controversial or depressive persons (sylvia plath, harold pinter, norman mailer etcetera) and thereby proclaims that he will overcome his problems and stay pure, dealing with everything himself.