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4.0
A fictionalised version of a real journey that the author and this wife took to Mexico which was left unfinished when Lowry died. Thankfully it was edited together and here we have this fantastic book about turmoil and disaster and longing and Poe. This book is infested with literary references that I just lived for. The first half of this novel is somewhat plot reliant but as we slip into the second half (and especially the third act) plot becomes tertiary. It is about the mind of a writer and how that mind is usually not incredibly sound. The prose reminds me of Pynchon with its gigantic solid blocks of text and almost lucid narrative at times. I really, really enjoyed this novel but it is definitely not for everybody. I need more Lowry.
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