Malcolm Lowry (Birkenhead 1909 - Ripe, Sussex, 1957) is the author of two novels: ULTRAMARINES (1933) and UNDER THE VOLCANO (1947), one of the great works of our century: a lesson in moral inverted. Hear the stories mentioned fit US Behind her, O LORD FROM HEAVEN THY DWELLING PLACE (1961), LUNAR CAUSTIC (1963), DARK AS OF GRAVE WHERE IS LAID IN MY FRIEND (1968) and numerous poems.
Lowry's narrative, largely autobiographical, is rooted in a private world of great concern, in which travel experiences, physical ailments (died drunk), impossible dreams, secrets, guilt and redemption will a stormy mix.