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Tortilla Flat

By: John Steinbeck
Narrated by: John McDonough
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"Steinbeck is an artist; and he tells stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and of prose."--New York Herald Tribune

Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck created a Camelot on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey, California, and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur's castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for adventure, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging--men who fiercely resist the corrupting tide of honest toil and civil rectitude. As Steinbeck chronicles their deeds--their multiple lovers, their wonderful brawls, their Rabelaisian wine-drinking--he spins a tale as compelling and ultimately as touched by sorrow as the famous legends of the Round Table, which inspired him.
Classics Fantasy Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt Arthurian
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By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

"John Steinbeck knew and understood America and Americans better than any other writer of the twentieth century."—The Dallas Morning News

"A man whose work was equal to the vast social themes that drove him."—Don DeLillo
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