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Novel · 1935

Tortilla Flat

John Steinbeck

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Novel · 1935 · American · Modern

Tortilla Flat

John Steinbeck

Danny's paisano friends in Monterey, mock-Arthurian and permanently thirsty.

Comic novelPicaresqueFriendshipPovertyHonour

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His first success: the Round Table transposed to a hillside of borrowed wine, comedy protecting a real argument about loyalty.

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