Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.

In May 1927 his parents drove him to the Liverpool waterfront and while the local press watched waved goodbye as he set sail on the freighter S. The effort to save their marriage failed. Theirs was a turbulent union especially due to his drinking and because Malcolm Lowry was upset about homosexuals being attracted to him.

Clarence Malcolm Lowry (28 July 1909 – 26 June 1957) was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his novel Under the Volcano which was voted No.