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“A postwar continuation of Cannery Row, [Sweet Thursday is] every bit as juicy and relaxed as the original. . . . This is comedy–bawdy, sentimental, and good fun.” The Atlantic In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that is just naturally bad.
In Monterey, on the California Coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday - one of those days that's 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 ...
Sweet Thursday takes place in the years following the Second World War, with Doc returning home from service to find his hometown of Monterey, California, markedly changed. The canneries have all closed because of a sharp decrease in local sea life. Lee Chong, who owned the general store, sold his business to a shady entrepreneur and left town.
15 de jul. de 2019 · Sweet Thursday by Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Publication date 1954 Topics Western stories, Humorous fiction, Domestic fiction, Western stories, NOVELAS ESTADOUNIDENSES, Monterey (Calif.) -- Fiction, Monterey, California -- Fiction, California -- Fiction, California -- Monterey, Californie (États-Unis) -- Moeurs et coutumes -- Romans
29 de jul. de 2008 · A Penguin ClassicIn Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row—the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears—from Doc, based on Steinbeck ...
8 de dic. de 2011 · Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck. Publication date 2008 Topics Monterey (Calif.) -- Fiction Publisher Penguin Books Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2011-12-08 03:21:52
Sweet Thursday was a short-lived late-1960s English rock band. The group included famed session keyboard player Nicky Hopkins , who had worked with The Beatles , The Rolling Stones , Jeff Beck , and many others; folk guitarist, singer, and past session man Alun Davies (subsequently a frequent collaborator of Cat Stevens '); and singer, guitarist, composer and past Davies cohort Jon Mark (later ...
