Cannery Row: Penguin Classics

Penguin Modern Classics

By: John Steinbeck, Susan Shillinglaw

Narrated by: Jerry Farden

Brought to you by Penguin.

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'

Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, during the Great Depression. They want to throw a party for their friend Doc, so Mack and the boys set about, in their own inimitable way, recruiting everyone in the neighbourhood to the cause. But along the way they can't help but get involved in a little mischief and misadventure. It wouldn't be Cannery Row if it was otherwise, now would it?

Packed with a ramshackle joi de vivre, Cannery Row is Steinback's high-spirited tribute to his native California.

©1945 John Steinbeck (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Uninhibited, bawdy, compassionate, inquisitive, deeply intelligent." (Daily Telegraph)

Marvelous

Had to listen to it 3 times loved it so much , fantastic book and reader

Read superbly with great expression

Needs editing
Chapter 20 read twice
And chapter 31 and 32
Please check those chapters