a wild ride!

Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wow, what a crazy bunch of characters! I can definitely see hints of the Palace Flophouse crew from Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday in this band of friends. Tortilla Flat is a wild ride through the lives of an extended group of friends, revolving around their "leader" Danny. There is never a dull moment for these characters in their zany lives in and around the Tortilla Flat area of Monterey CA in the early 1900s. Being Steinbeck's first widely received novel, there are definitely hints of his later characters in this bunch! A fun read! I'm looking forward to seeing the 1942 film based upon this book.

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