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Return to Book Page. Preview — Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Cannery Row is a book without much of a plot. Rather, it is an attempt to capture the feeling and people of a place, the cannery Canney of Monterey, California, which is populated by a mix of those down on their luck and those who choose for other reasons not to live "up the hill" in the more respectable area of town. The flow of the main plot is frequently interrupted b Cannery Row is a book without much of a Cannery Row. The flow of the main plot is frequently interrupted by Cannery Row vignettes that introduce us to various denizens of the Row, most of whom are not directly connected see more the central story.

These vignettes are often characterized by direct or indirect reference to extreme violence: suicides, corpses, and the cruelty of the natural world.

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The "story" of Cannery Row follows the adventures of Mack and the boys, a group of unemployed yet resourceful men who inhabit a converted fish-meal shack on the edge of a vacant lot down on the Row. Sweet Thursday is Cannery Row sequel to Cannery Row. Get A Cannery Row. Paperbackpages. Published February 5th by Penguin Books first published January More Details Original Title. Cannery Row 1. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

To ask other readers questions about Cannery Rowplease sign up. What's up with the second to last chapter about the gopher? I don't see how Cannery Row pertains to anything, and I'm obviously not picking up the metaphor. John Monaghan The gopher is a metaphorical representation for us, people.

We make plans for our lives, just as the gopher did when he started to lay out his dens, d …more The gopher is a metaphorical representation for us, people.]