Cannery Row by Steinbeck, John

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Author: Steinbeck, JohnModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 7 September 2000 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the Penguin Modern Classics series.Paperback | 176 pages198 x 129 x 9 | 136g
One of the BBCs 100 Novels That Shaped Our WorldCannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, during the Great Depression. They want to throw a party for their friend Doc, so Mack and the boys set about, in their own inimitable way, recruiting everyone in the neighbourhood to the cause. But along the way they cant help but get involved in a little mischief and misadventure. It wouldnt be Cannery Row if it was otherwise, now would it?Packed with a ramshackle joi de vivre, Cannery Row is Steinbacks high-spirited tribute to his native California.Uninhibited, bawdy, compassionate, inquisitive, deeply intelligent Daily Telegraph