Lee Chong, the astute owner of the well-stocked grocery store, is also the proprietor of the Palace Flophouse that Mack and his troupe of good-natured 'boys' call home. Dora runs the brothel with clockwork efficiency and a generous heart, and Doc is the fount of all wisdom. Packed with invention and joie de vivre CANNERY ROW is Steinbeck's high-spirited tribute to his native California. Includes an introduction by Susan Shillinglaw, explanatory footnotes,...

A sequel to the enormously popular Cannery Row, Sweet Thursday recreates its bawdy, high-spirited world of bums, drunks and hookers, telling the story of what happened to everyone after the war.