Amid the sardine canneries, vacant lots, flophouses, and honky-tonks of Monterey, California, Steinbeck assembles a colourful gallery of characters. Among the unforgettable denizens of Cannery Row are Lee Chong, the grocer; Doc, a young marine biologist who surprisingly finds love; and Dora Flood, the flamboyant proprietress of a bordello.

Hardback (including notes) 235pp

This book is part of a book series called Longman Literature Steinbeck .

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Pearson Education Limited .

During World War II, Steinbeck was a war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. Some of his dispatches were later collected and made into Once There Was a War.