Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico.
She is determined to rescue Firmin and their failing marriage, but her mission is furt.
On the most fateful day of the consul\'s life--the Day of the Dead, 1938--his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac, inspired by a vision of life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse.
His debilitating malaise is drinking, an activity that has overshadowed his life.
Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico