Purchased at an estate sale for 25 cents by one of my favorite authors.

Mass market paperback

Set on the California coast, a post-war continuation of Cannery Row. Doc returns to a failed Western Biological Laboratories after serving in the army during World War II to a changed Cannery Row. As Doc tries to rebuild his neglected business, his friends try their hand at matchmaking.

Saw this on BigJohnLefty's wishlist and am sending it to him.

This arrived in the mail the day before yesterday..... I've been wanting to read this forever!

I was so surprised when pinklady60 PMed me asking for my address, I had put it on my wishlist so long ago.

Plan to read this soon.... thanks so much for this RABCK, pinklady60!

Like all books I've read by this author, absolutely great! I had seen the movie "Cannery Row" over thirty years ago, maybe a couple years after reading that book, and had been wanting to read this book since I knew the movie was based on both books.
I love the description of all the characters; I've been reading some biographical data on Steinbeck - the blurb at the front of the book says he'd studied marine biology at Stanford but never got a degree. I've had the impression that the character of "Doc" in these two books was a close friend of his named Ed Ricketts, who I believe died in an automobile accident before he wrote this book.

This is one of my favorite authors - I've read maybe a half dozen or so of his books; in my opinion he's up there with Twain and Vonnegut......

will release soon.....

am sending off as a RABCK to spfldjohn. Enjoy!

Received this book in the mail from BigJohnLefty. I have had this book on my wishlist for quite a while and look forward to enjoying it.

A fantastic book! As good as Cannery Row! I'm so glad that it was sent to me.