num_pages: 328
description: Under the Volcano chronicles an entire lifetime in the course of a single day - a day which is to be the last in the tragic life of alcoholic British consul Geoffrey Firmin. Set in Quahnahuac, Mexico, against the backdrop of a conflicted Europe during the Spanish Civil War, it is a gripping novel of the world and those who love him. Considered to be a modern classic, Under the Volcano has been compared to the best of Joseph Conrad and James Joyce. (from the back cover)
language: English
title: Under the Volcano
titlecomplete: Under the Volcano (Signet AE 3213)
characters: Jacques Laruelle, Yvonne Constable, Geoffrey Firmin, Hugh Firmin
genres: Classics, British Literature, Unfinished, English Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 24475
places: Quauhnahuac, Mexico
publisher: New American Library