Showing Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck

Paperback. Pub Date :2000-11-30 Pages: 272 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books An elaboration on John Steinbecks greatest theme - the common bonds of humanity and love which make goodness and happiness possible - this Penguin Modern Classics edition of Sweet Thursday marks a return to the memorable cast of characters he created in Cannery Row. In Monterey. on the California Coast. Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday - one of those days thats just bad from the start. But Sweet Thursday is sunny and clear. a day when anything can happen. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row. Steinbeck brilliantly creates its bawdy. high-spirited world of bums. drunks and hookers. telling the story of what happened to everyone after the war. There are colourful characters old and new. all united by love. laughter and tears: Fauna. the latest madam at the Bear ...