00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Lowry, Malcolm aut Verfasser/-in E-Novel E-Autobiography Under the volcano Malcolm Lowry Harmondsworth Penguin Penguin modern classics; 1732 It is the Day of Death, and a fiesta is in full swing. In the shadow of Popocateptl ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate... and the ugly pariah dogs roam the streets. Geoffrey Firmin, H.M. ex-consul, is drowning himself in liquor and mescal, while his ex-wife hand half-brother look on, powerless th help him. As the day wears on, it becomes apparent that Geoffrey must die. It is his only escape from a world he cannot understand. <br/> ger 0