MALCOLM LOWRY 
ISBN: 978-8195316038

Hailed by the Modern Library as one of the one hundred best English novels of the twentieth century, Under the Volcano stands as an iconic and richly drawn example of the modern novel at its most lyrical. It is the Day of Death in Mexico and Geoffrey Firmin – 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 became an enduring, tragic figure. His story, the image of one man’s agonized journey towards Calvary, became a prophetic book for a whole generation. Under the Volcano remains one of the literature’s most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition, and a brilliant portrayal of one man’s constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him.