Under the Volcano Dune including stink pipes

including stink pipes

And for readers in the West Country: yes

and a determination to find significance in fleeting objects and fragments

opportunities and introductions

Under the Volcano Dune including stink pipesOne 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