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Update for reread in Feb 2020: I really enjoyed the wit and humor throughout this book. Despite the poverty and the sadness of so many events in this book it is still quite funny. The ridiculousness of a couple of the characters was so entertaining.
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I am obsessed with everything Steinbeck writes. His style is simple and spare and beautiful. He illustrates the circumstances of life, the tragedies of life, with quiet and beautiful attention to the characters that drive the plot. Thi ...more
Original review:
I am obsessed with everything Steinbeck writes. His style is simple and spare and beautiful. He illustrates the circumstances of life, the tragedies of life, with quiet and beautiful attention to the characters that drive the plot. Thi ...more
Cannery Row is a series of vignettes about Doc and a group of characters that reside in Monterrey, California in an area called Cannery Row. Cannery Row is “…a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light�..� made up of whores, pimps, gamblers or saints, angels, martyrs depending on how you want to look at it. Doc is one of the key characters and is called Doc because he is college educated and is running a business collecting marine animals and other animals for college research and use.
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Although John Steinbeck novels are light on plot, they are heavy on social commentary, a sense of place, and violence (which is kept at a low boil, and doesn't spoil the book). Cannery Row is peopled with an array of colorful characters, whom we get to know and love.
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Loved it! I especially loved the pace of the story and the descriptions.
Also finished 6/9/1985
Aug 31, 2017
Diane
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Feb 27, 2014
Mary
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Oct 07, 2014
Ashley Husemoller
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Oct 26, 2014
Elizabeth
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Dec 30, 2015
John Taylor
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