One of the BBC's'100 Novels That Shaped Our World''CanneryRow in Monterey in California is a poem,a stink,a grating noise,aquality of light,a tone,a habit,a nostalgia,a dream.'Meetthe gamblers,whores,drunks,bums and artists of Cannery Row inMonterey,California,during the Great Depression. They want to throw aparty for their friend Doc,so Mack and the boys set about,in their owninimitable way,recruiting everyone in the neighbourhood to the cause.But along the way they can't help but get involved in a little mischiefand misadventure. It wouldn't be Cannery Row if it was otherwise,nowwould itPacked with a ramshackle joi de vivre,Cannery Row is Steinback's high-spirited tribute to his native California.'Uninhibited,bawdy,compassionate,inquisitive,deeply intelligent'Daily Telegraph
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141185088Number of pages: 176Weight: 134 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 10 mm
John Steinbeck
A giant of American literature,John Steinbeck is the author of classic twentieth-century novels such as The Grapes of Wrath,East of Eden and Of Mice and Men.
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