Scott reviewed on 7/8/2006 + 15 more book reviews

Pretty much everybody has heard of "Cannery Row" and yet most haven't read it, going for Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" or "Of Mice and Men" instead. While those books are traveling stories, this one is firmly rooted in one spot: amongst the low-rent denizens of 30's or 40's Monterrey. There's drunks, do-gooders, prostitutes, day laborers, Chinese grocery owners, and all of their lives are intertwined. This book is a good snapshot of an interesting period in a unique place and time.

The book is practically new.

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