Sweet Thursday

Returning to the scene of "Cannery Row" - the weedy lots, junk heaps and flop houses of Monterey - Steinbeck brings to life in "Sweet Thursday" the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears. He again explores the common bounds of humanity and love which make goodness and happiness possible."Sweet Thursday" reads as a post-war continuation of "Cannery Row". Set on the Californian coast, amongst the junk heaps and flop houses of Monterey, the book brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears - from fauna who runs the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter.