
The Sheltering Sky
Expatriate dislocation, a failing marriage, and disaster without moral meaning.
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by Malcolm Lowry
An alcoholic former consul moves through one catastrophic Day of the Dead in Mexico.
In Mexico, an alcoholic former British consul moves through an increasingly disastrous day while his estranged wife tries to reach him.
Fatalism, drinking, a damaged marriage, and gathering catastrophe make Lowry a feverish counterpart to Bowles.


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