![]() ![]() ![]() Steinbeck’s style is perfect for me, I could see Cannery Row itself, a strip of Monterey’s Ocean View Avenue, where the Monterey sardines were caught and canned or reduced to oil or fishmeal, along with all the characters – no, it was more than that -I was there in the thick of it, transported in my mind, whilst I was reading and even afterwards as I thought about the novel. I knew nothing about the book before I began reading (it’s my book group choice) and that made it even more enjoyable. There are some books, just a few, that have everything, rich descriptions of locations, wonderful characters and a storyline, even though in this book it’s really a series of stories with a thread running through to connect them to the whole, that grabs my attention and makes me want to know more. There are some books that begin well and then tail off so I was hoping this wouldn’t be one of those. ![]() As soon as I began reading Cannery Row I thought I could be in for a treat – this is the opening sentence:Ĭannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. ![]()
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