Bibliograph

Sweet Thursday, John Steinbeck ; introduction by Robert Demott

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Sweet Thursday, John Steinbeck ; introduction by Robert Demott

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Sweet Thursday

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

John Steinbeck ; introduction by Robert Demott

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row--the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears--from Doc, based on Steinbeck's lifelong friend Ed Ricketts, to Fauna, new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter

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