Ultramarine — Malcolm Lowry

Malcolm Lowry, who would permanently stake his claim to literary immortality with the masterpieceÃ, Under the Volcano, wroteÃ, Ultramarine, his debut, as an undergraduate at Cambridge. Displaying the linguistic virtuosity and haunting imagery that became signatures of Lowry's mature style,Ã, Ultramarine, a novel he continually rewrote and revised from publication until his death, is one of his central works, and this new edition offers the opportunity for a fuller assessment of his place in the modern canon.UltramarineÃ, is the story of Dana Hilliot's first voyage, as mess-boy on the freighterÃ, Oedipus TyrannusÃ, bound for Bombay and Singapore: of his struggle to win the approval of his shipmates, trying to match their example in the bars and bordellos of the Chinese ports while at the same time remaining faithful to his first love, Janet, back home in England. Alternating between Dana's own narrative and the ribald humor and colorful language of the seamen's conversation,Ã, UltramarineÃ, depicts a boy's initiation into the company of men.