![]() ![]() ![]() "An utterly unprecedented sort of book, and hard to analyze in its unique charm" (Virginia Kirkus). The novel was the authors first clear critical and commercial success. It deals with the band's adventuring, multiple loves and wonderful brawls, and Gargantuan wine-drinking. Tortilla Flat (1935) is an early John Steinbeck novel set in Monterey, California. It is the story of Danny, who, home from the war, inherits two houses which at once become a haven for his friends and lovers, not unlike the chivalric order of King Arthur and his court, the Knights of the Round Table. Well, for once, we've got truth in advertising: Tortilla Flat takes place inwait for itTortilla Flat, a real neighborhood in Monterey, California, and is all about its quirky inhabitants and their adventures. Set in Monterey, California, Tortilla Flat tells the story of a small band of paisanos who resist the the corrupting tides of honest toil in favor of a life of adventure. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, 1935.įirst edition of Steinbeck’s first commercially successful book. ![]()
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