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Novel · 1945

Cannery Row

John Steinbeck

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Novel · 1945 · American · Modern

Cannery Row

John Steinbeck

Mack and the boys throw Doc a party that destroys his laboratory — twice.

Comic novelRealismCommunityIdlenessKindness

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Steinbeck's most affectionate book: a defence of people the economy has no use for, written in vignettes that behave like tide pools.

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