# Cannery Row

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- Book: [Cannery Row](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck/cannery-row) ([Cannery Row.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck/cannery-row.md))
- Authors: [John Steinbeck](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4192-348-2
- Published: 2000-09-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In the din and stink that is Cannery Row a colourful blend of misfits - gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists - survive side by side in a jumble of adventure and mischief. 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, as well as suggestions for further reading of acclaimed criticisms and references.