Malcolm Lowry's La Mordida - Paperbackby Patrick M. McCarthy (Editor) Although Malcolm Lowry (1909 1957) published only two novels Ultramarine and Under the Volcano in his lifetime, numerous other works, most of which have since been edited for publication, were in various stages of composition at his death. La Mordida, the longest and most significant of the manuscripts that have not been previously published, is a draft of a novel based on Lowry's visit to Mexico in 1945 46, which ended