Writing about this novel, its author said that it tells you "something new about hell fire." The name of the main female character in this novel may be derived from a character in the film The Hands of Orlac, since a poster f
Writing about this novel, its author said that it tells you "something new about hell fire." The name of the main female character in this novel may be derived from a character in the film The Hands of Orlac, since a poster for that film appears as a symbol in the first chapter. The protagonist of this novel mistranslates a sign which says "Do you like this garden that is yours? See to it that your children do not destroy it!" This novel's author wrote a 31-page letter to Jonathan Cape explaining the logic of its construction in great detail. In this novel, the French filmmaker Jacques Laruelle sleeps with the protagonist's wife Yvonne, and the protagonist's half-brother is a would-be songwriter obsessed with the Battle of the Ebro named Hugh. This novel follows a day in the life of the consul Geoffrey Firmin. For 10 points, name this novel which takes place in Cuernavaca on the Day of the Dead, a work of Malcolm Lowry.
Writing about this novel, its author said that it tells you "something new about hell fire.
Under the Volcano