Malcolm Lowry's la Mordida : A Scholarly Edition

by Malcolm Lowry and Partick A. McCarthy

Although Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957) published only two novels-- Ultramarine and Under the Volcano --in his lifetime, numerous other works, most of which have since been edited for publication, were in various stages of composition at his death. La Mordida , the longest and most significant of the manuscripts that have not been previously published, is a draft of a novel based on Lowry's visit to Mexico in 1945-46, which ended in the arrest and deportation...