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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 the last day of his life.

Under the Volcano

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    A Paperback / softback by Malcolm Lowry, Michael Schmidt

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/02/2000
      ISBN13: 9780141182254, 978-0141182254
      ISBN10: 0141182253
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      Book Synopsis
      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 the last day of his life.

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