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jimlynchIf Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »
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Cannery Row (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

by John Steinbeck

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ISBN13: 9780140187373
ISBN10: 0140187375
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Drawing characters based on his memories of real inhabitants of Monterey, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Henri, Mack, and his boys, in a world where only the fittest survive, in a novel that focuses on the acceptance of life as it is--a story at once humorous and poignant.

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John Steinbeck knew and understood America and Americans better than any other writer of the twentieth century. (The Dallas Morning News) A man whose work was equal to the vast social themes that drove him. (Don DeLillo)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxix]-xxx).
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About the Author

JOHN STEINBECK (1902 &1968) was born in Salinas, California. He worked as a laborer and a journalist, and in 1935, when he published Tortilla Flat, he achieved popular success and financial security. Steinbeck wrote more than twenty-five novels and won the Nobel Prize in 1962. Nearly all of his books are available in Penguin Classics.
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CINDY PICKLE, February 25, 2008 (view all comments by CINDY PICKLE)
this story is a joy to read. the character of doc is based
on steinbeck's close friend ed ricketts, who by all accounts was truely admired by all. if you visit cannery row (monterey, ca.) today you
will see a bust of dr. ricketts with a lovely plaque dedicated to him by an entire commity who loved him.
it's located on the remaing small patch of train tracks
where dr. ricketts lost his life.
the book cortez is an account of steinbeck and rickettes' travels around the baja studying marine life.
if you ever go there take a copy of cortez with you. i did and it was awesome!
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crowyhead, February 4, 2008 (view all comments by crowyhead)
Did you know that John Steinbeck can be really freaking hilarious? I had no idea. I think my only previous exposure had been The Pearl and Of Mice and Men, neither of which are exactly lighthearted reads. Cannery Row, though, has probably just joined my list of top ten favorite books. It tells the story of the folks, based on individuals Steinbeck actually knew, who live around the canneries of Monterey. At first it feels more like a series of character sketches than anything else -- to name a few: there's Mack and the Boys, good-natured idlers who do just enough work to keep themselves in booze; there's Henri, who fancies himself an artist and is building a boat that he will never finish; Dora Flood, the local madame; Lee Chong, who runs the grocery store and engages in near-constant battles of wits with Mack; and there's Doc, who lives and works at Western Biological Laboratories, and who is nearly universally liked by the other denizens of Cannery Row. It's this warm feeling folks have for Doc that actually drives the plot of the novel, which forms somewhat organically along the way. Since Doc has done so much for everyone, Mack figures, why don't they throw him a party to show their appreciation? The result is hilarious, disasterous, and in the end, just absolutely beautiful.

Honestly, if you think you don't like John Steinbeck, do yourself a favor and grab a copy of this book off the shelf at your library. Open to a chapter, any chapter, and start reading. If you can get through the chapter without either sitting down to finish the whole book, or running to the check-out counter to take it home, then, well, there might be something wrong with you.
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ISBN:
9780140187373
Introduction:
Shillinglaw, Susan
Author:
Shillinglaw, Susan
Introduction:
Shillinglaw, Susan
Author:
Steinbeck, John
Author:
Shillinglaw, Susan
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Subject:
California
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Subject:
Love stories
Subject:
Community life
Subject:
Marine biologists
Subject:
Cannery Row (Monterey, Calif.) Fiction.
Subject:
Monterey
Subject:
Cannery Row
Subject:
Monterey (Calif.) Fiction.
Series:
Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century
Series Volume:
[no. 27]
Publication Date:
February 1994
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
185
Dimensions:
7.70x5.22x.63 in. .40 lbs.
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