Under the Volcano
by Malcolm Lowry
read: 2014
Time 100 Novels, Modern Library #11, Guardian 1000 Novels
I'm not a lover of stream-of-consciousness novels, but Under the Volcano uses the technique to great effect, putting the reader in the mind of consul Geoffrey Firmin as he descends into alcoholic destruction. Time sometimes jumps to simulate an alcoholic blackout, disorienting the reader, and the narrative swirls between the present and the past, obscured with a haze of beer, tequila, and the devil mescal.
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