It is the Day of the Dead. The fiesta in full swing. and the ugly pariah dogs roam the streets.

Geoffrey Firmin, HM ex-consul, is drowning himself in liquor and Mescal, while his ex-wife and half brother look on powerless to help him. As the day wears on, it becomes apparent that Geoffrey must die. It is his only escape from a world he cannot understand.

UNDER THE VOLCANO is one of the century's great undisputed masterpieces.