Malcolm Lowry

Clarence Malcolm Lowry (; 28 July 1909 – 26 June 1957) was a British writer from the Wirral. He is most famous for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano about an alcoholic Consul in Mexico. Lowry was himself an alcoholic and a lot of his writings were about the effect alcohol had on his life and on the lives of his characters.

References
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry. Penguin edition 2000 (Introduction by Michael Schmidt)

Category:1909 births
Category:1957 deaths
Category:English novelists
Category:People from Wirral