Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry

In this biography of Malcolm Lowry, readers learn of his epic, frustrating story, its contradictions and comedies intact, without distortion or embellishment. Pursued by Furies traces Lowry's mythical life, from his voyage around the world to his respite on the British Columbian waterfront. There he managed to turn his "furies into mercies, " and to turn his experiences in Mexico into his magnificent novel, Under the Volcano.