Name: Under the Volcano by Lowry, Malcolm
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Under the Volcano by Lowry, Malcolm

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Author: Lowry, Malcolm

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 3 February 2000 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Penguin Modern Classics’ series.

Paperback | 400 pages
198 x 128 x 18 | 278g

One of the twentieth century’s great undisputed masterpieces, Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano includes an introduction by Michael Schmidt in Penguin Modern Classics.

It is the fiesta ‘Day of the Dead’ in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the shadow of the volcano, ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate, ugly pariah dogs roam the streets and Geoffrey Firmin – ex-consul, ex-husband, an alcoholic and a ruined man – is living out the last day of his life. Drowning himself in mescal while his former wife and half-brother look on, powerless to help him, the consul has become an enduring tragic figure. As the day wears on, it b

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