Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry

"Salud y pesetas" -is how characters of "Under the Volcano" greet each other -and I find this
appealing. The background of Malcolm Lowry' novel is wonderful: Quauhnahuac, Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl, Quetzalcoatl, macaws and (even wild) bougainvillea. For a B&G owner and gardener this is paradise.
As for the "action", it makes all the sense in the world to me: "a spiritual struggle born of wilful abnegation and passivity, a depressed, existential acquiescence to the futility of positive action..."
The Modern Library ranked Under the Volcano as number 11 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
I still have to read about half of the books on this list:

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