What is Under the Volcano?
{{italictitle}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox book | name = Under the Volcano | alt = | author = [[Malcolm Lowry]] | publisher = [[Reynal & Hitchcock]] | country = United Kingdom | pub_date = 1947 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''Under the Volcano''''' is a novel by [[Malcolm Lowry]] first sold in 1947. ==Plot summary== The events of the novel happen over one day in 1938 where a Mexican festival is taking place. Geoffrey Firmin is a smart British man living in Mexico. He wants to write a book but he drinks too much [[alcohol]]. Geoffrey's wife, Yvonne, is fed up of his drinking. She once had an affair with Geoffrey's brother Hugh. ==Related pages== *[[Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century]] ==Other websites== {{Wikilivres}} * {{FadedPage|id=20170345|name=Under the Volcano}} *[http://www.otago.ac.nz/english/lowry/ A Hypertextual Companion to ''Under the Volcano''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315132919/https://www.otago.ac.nz/english/lowry |date=2024-03-15 }} by Chris Ackerley [[Category:English-language novels]] [[Category:1947 books]]