"Plexus is the core volume in The Rosy Crucifixion: the volume which
has the most complete description of Henry Miller's basic values,
beliefs, opinions, judgments, both at the time of his "Crucifixion" and
at the later time when the trilogy was written. Plexus is simply the
most marvelous volume of emotion and ideas and visions and nightmares
about man and society in the twentieth century--with art as the link
perhaps, or as the soul's refuge-that I have read in many a long year.
There is absolutely no subject in the world that Henry Miller does not
seem to know about, want to talk about, and to evaluate with the deep
authority of wisdom. He is probably the most learned of all our American
writers, the most open to ideas and feelings, and yes, the most
worshipful of all the aspects of life, as well as the most critical
literary spokesman of our time." -Maxwell Geismar.