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by John Steinbeck (Author) "When the war came to Monterey and to Cannery Row everybody fought it more or less, in one way or another ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (30 Nov 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014118552X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141185521
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 70,882 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In Monterey, on the California Coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that's just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of CANNERY ROW, the weedy lots, junk heaps and flop houses of Monterey, Steinbeck once again brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears. The book is in many ways a statement about Steinbeck's greatest theme: the common bonds of humanity and love which make goodness and happiness possible.

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Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His complete works will be available in Penguin Modern Classics.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite, 3 Nov 2007
By M. Longazel "M L" - See all my reviews
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Of all the books I've read of Steinbeck this one is my favorite. I think the case is that this one express life in the fullest. It gives a true reflection of the ups and downs while at the same time conveys a sense of joy even in the hardest things and struggles in life. Highly recommended, but read 'Cannery Row' first for sure.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Feel-good follow-up to Cannery Row, 11 Feb 2001
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I still remember my delight as a teenager when I discovered there was a follow-up to Cannery Row. I wasn't disappointed on reading it, neither have I been disappointed on several re-readings in the years since then.

Sweet Thursday is filled with the same places and characters (with some sad departures and some memorable new arrivals) as its predecessor, but the themes and feelings evoked are very different - it looks at Doc a lot more closely, exploring his character, the loneliness of his middle age, and his progress along the path to true love, with the questionable assistance of Mac and the boys.

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If you liked Cannery Row, you can only LOVE Sweet Thursday!, 15 Mar 2002
By Cal Buck (West Bromwich, UK) - See all my reviews
In my opinion John Steinbeck is the most forceful, most truthful, most gentle and most loving storyteller available to the reading public. If you've read Cannery Row and enjoyed it... Sweet Thursday is pure joy and evokes just about every emotion, like real, immediately. You live the story with everyone in it, it's not like reading at all (except when you come to the end of the book!). If you'd like to read a book for pure enjoyment - just to have fun (except when you've got to cry because the pleasure's too painful) - this is the one. Anyone, who mostly likes people, can't help but love this story and all it's characters.
Just my opinion, but I HAD to tell you!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Thursday
`Sweet Thursday' is the follow up to `Cannery Row' and although it has many of the same characters from that first book it doesn't quite live up to the charm you felt from when... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Spider Monkey

4.0 out of 5 stars If you liked Cannery Row you'll enjoy this one too.
As other reviewers say, this is probably best enjoyed as a sequel to Cannery Row. It shares the same setting and the same collection of likeable losers whose best intentions have... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Top Banana

4.0 out of 5 stars Lazy, thoughtful, mellow fun
You needen't be familiar with 'Cannery Row' but if you are, most of the same characters are back.
The sleepy, run down Californian Town of Steinbeck's youth are brought back... Read more
Published on 11 May 2003 by Maclennane

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