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One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'

'Cannery 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 can't help but get involved in a little mischief and misadventure. It wouldn't be Cannery Row if it was otherwise, now would it?

Packed 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

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978-0141185088
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7 September 2000
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By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

"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 --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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'Cannery 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 can't help but get involved in a little mischief and misadventure. It wouldn't be Cannery Row if it was otherwise, now would it?

--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002RI9N2Y
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin; New Ed edition (7 September 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5440 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 133 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B097WZXQ36

Best Sellers Rank: 54,542 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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John Steinbeck (1902-1968), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, achieved popular success in 1935 when he published Tortilla Flat. He went on to write more than twenty-five novels, including The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men.

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George28

A book for guys

Reviewed in Australia on 9 July 2020

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A fun group of blokes who have few worldly gods but have friendship comraderie and know how to have fun. They live life beyond constraints no women enter their thoughts beyond those at the local house of ill repute. They earn money when need be but have highly honed trading skills and win against pros. They are honorable but events often lead to unexpected outcomes sometimes with disastrous consequences. A rollicking yarn written between the Depression and WW2.

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Vink.

Best novel ever.

Reviewed in Australia on 10 September 2018

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I have read this book more times than I can remember and will keep on reading it as long as I have sight. Steinbeck's writing fires the imagination like no other author.

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Lee Emerson

Just as Good Decades Later

Reviewed in Australia on 19 February 2015

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Read this decades ago in paperback - just as good in Kindle. Lovely sweet story about a bunch of down and outs and how they look out for each other - a Steinbeck classic!

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John Patrick Sullivan

American Classic Doesn't Disappoint

Reviewed in Australia on 12 November 2015

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I first read this over fifty years ago. I enjoyed it then; I've enjoyed it even more the second time around.

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john

Five Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 26 August 2015

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Read this book 3 times since 1990.

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Peter

Life is simple on the surface

Reviewed in Australia on 10 August 2020

The story is about a town called Cannery Row where a group of people live the seemingly most simple of lives. There are a group of men who spend their days unemployed and drunk, the Asian shopkeeper who runs the general store, the brothel where the Madam and girls ply their trade and the Marine Biologist who does his research.

The people seem quite happy on the surface but there are dramas and intrigues. There is no shortage of sad stories to be told and also loads of happy moments. There is a feeling that their seemingly happy lives can be taken away from them at any point eg the brother is threatened to be closed on moral grounds or the me living in the shanty, that could be taken away from them at any point.

It is an interesting book that really needs to be read more than once as it is all too easy to miss certain points that the author is trying to make. I know there are a number of issues Steinbeck addresses in the book but for me, one central theme is that of loneliness. The characters tend to be alone and outcast from others in their different ways, whether it is the Asian grocer, the working girls, the Doc or the men drunk and living in a makeshift bungalow.

I will admit that I found the book to be a bit disjointed at times and I didn't really enjoy reading it but after it was finished, I am still remembering bits and pieces of it that means it did stick in my mind unlike so many other books that can be read and then put away forever.

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Simon Keen

My favorite book

Reviewed in Australia on 27 January 2021

Simple, and beautiful. Full of longing and wistfulness, a rich story of character. I adore the way Steinbeck draws the picture of Cannery Row and its inhabitants, their foibles and their love. Sublime.

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Mephisto

A wonderful book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2021

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This popped up on Kindle and I realised that I had never read it. I had read 'The grapes of wrath ' in my mid teens. Probably one of the first books that made me feel real anger, and the first book that made me cry.
Cannery Row is the flip side of that.
It's also set in the depression of the 30's and most of the characters are layabouts, deadbeats and mostly workless, apart from Doc, a sort of scientist the local everything .shop and the brothel
But even if there is a bit of violence, general bad behaviour, and a lot of drunkenness , none of it is malicious. The characters are written about in a benevolent way, even if some of them have few redeeming features. The whores all seem to be nice girls, and the madame seems to look after them well. The Chinese shop opener extends credit to all and sundry.
Possibly, not much of this was too realistic, but you don't really care.
The writing is descriptive and almost poetic and he has a wide knowledge of the local flora and fauna which often feature in the tale.
It was just one of the most enjoyable books that I have read in a long time

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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2016

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A typically skilled and lyrical look at Steinbeck's beloved California. Filled with love and hate and tragedy and comedy and written with his customary endless compassion and wisdom, this is a quick read, written more as a series of inter-linked short stories than a linear novel. You will meet an array of characters that will not disappoint, all located in beautifully drawn locations in or around Cannery Row - and what wonderful pictures he paints in such relatively sparing prose. I have never read a Steinbeck that hasn't made me laugh out loud or cry like a baby - most often in the same book - this was no exception.

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Keiran McAllister

Just one thing!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2021

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I've read Steinbeck mostly all the way through over the years. I've read 'The grapes of wrath' twice.
Fair to say then I am a big fan of the man.

This is my third read of 'Cannery row'. For me it is one of his best. Sharp, incisive and clever. All his best traits are in this one. It makes me laugh and cry. Steinbeck is one of the few that get me to live the moment.

Just one thing. Because Steinbeck is now and has been an author to study for a long time, we have erudite prefaces in his books. I haven't read one yet that makes sense. This Kindle copy has one. Written by a lady called 'Susan Shillingford'.

Nothing personal to the lady as such. I'm sure she is a nice person. But what a load of twaddle her preface is. If you buy this edition I suggest you read the book and leave the preface alone. Unfortunately this preface business clouds many a good book. Where do they dig them up?

Great book buy it.

Kathleen Uziel

I love Steinbeck and this is definitely my favourite

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 August 2015

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I love Steinbeck and this is definitely my favourite. A friend recommended I get a taste of this author by beginning with this book. I wasn't disappointed and have consequently read everything there is to read by this man. His humour, his simplicity, he delivers every time. A classic among the stars. You will smile, laugh out loud, fold the page corners over to re read a certain passage because it is so beautiful, talk about it with fellow Steinbeck fans... it's a world within a world with adventure, wonderful characters that you love because you have been fed everything about them, you know them. Everyone who loves reading should read a few Steinbeck's. I almost envy those who have all those wonderful stories and accounts to read yet, because I have gone through most of them.

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Thespionic

What a Great Read - Give Me More!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2015

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John Steinbeck was clearly brought up to appreciate nature and the many facets of the countryside. ‘Of Mice & Men’ included puppies, rabbits and of course mice. It was set in the countryside, with a dream of owning a little homestead there.
Here we have a menagerie of animals in focus: sea creatures, rats, rattlesnakes, sea lions, frogs, dogs, cats & puppies, even gophers! Steinbeck talks expertly about marine life and living on the coast near a fishery, which in fact, he did!
The character of ‘Doc’ is based on a soulmate of his - Ed Ricketts, who was indeed a marine biologist. He clearly taught Steinbeck an awful lot?
The storyline is simple and the main characters are well documented on here, so I won’t duplicate. The tale is never less than interesting to fascinating, with the outcomes never certain? There are so many add ons, tangents, twists and turns that there’s always a nice surprise around the corner.
It is an art form to write in a compelling way, drawing the reader in, deeper and deeper, and yet add the addition of a clever humour or biting wit. I promise you this read will make you smile.
One of the main storylines is that of ‘loneliness,’ or those without partners? Only the Malloys – who live in an old boiler, are married. The rest by and large are now single. Even the gopher finds no joy here!
Aside from the main characters, we have several others who drift in and out, and add greatly to the piece - the mysterious Chinaman, who only appears briefly at dawn and dusk! Then there’s William, who is the bouncer at the brothel. Poor Frankie, the backward kid who wants to be a waiter! Henri, whose boat is taking longer to build than the Titanic… and so it goes on!
The yarn is far from straightforward; we come across a ‘Basic Instinct’ moment with an ice pick. A suicide, a dead body, an incarceration, a gopher that bumps into a ‘gopher mobster’ … and so it goes on! Did I mention all the parties, the Model T Truck and the roof top skater … I think you get the picture!
This is a great little read and I just loved it – 5 stars all the way, and I’ve just ordered Steinbeck’s, ‘the ‘Wayward Bus’ - Can’t wait!

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