Partisan Review March-April 1947: Review of Under The Volcano

Elizabeth Hardwick praised Under The Volcano. She found "astonishing and often brilliant images".

Harper's Magazine May 1947: Review Under The Volcano

Jacques Barzun reviewed Under The Volcano for Harper's Magazine in May 1947. He dismissed the novel as "desperately dull" and "an anthology held together by earnestness".

New Yorker magazine February 22nd 1947: Review of Under The Volcano

Mal'c Under The Volcano was anonymously reviewed in New Yorker magazine on February 22nd 1947. The reviewer commented that they found the book "turgid" and "a rather good imitation of an important novel".