Fiction
Cannery Row
John Steinbeck's 1945 novel is a loosely connected set of scenes centered on the drifters, prostitutes, marine biologists, and small-time capitalists of Cannery Row in Monterey. The plot, such as it is, involves a party that goes wrong and the general difficulty of doing a kindness without making things worse. It is funny, sad, and far less sentimental than its reputation suggests.Penguin's edition keeps the novel in the small, affordable format that has carried it through decades of classroom use. It survives because it is precise, not because it is nice, and it rewards the reader who would rather watch a failed party than attend a successful one, especially when the failure is described with enough precision to break your heart.
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