An utterly unprecedented sort of book, and hard to analyze in its
unique charm. Danny, a Paisano of Monterey, California, inherits
two houses, and he and his friends who gather round, live in them.
This is the story of their adventures and misadventures, stealing,
cozening, deviling their neighbors, plotting the acquisition of
food and money without work. They rescue Danny from feminine wiles,
they are in and out of jail, they are never bad but unbelievably
naughty. The simplicity of the telling is wholly disarming - the
humor, though unostentatious, brings many a chuckle. Imagine
characters that might have been handled in the Caldwell vein,
turned over to Robert Nathan - and you approximate Tortilla Flat.
Try it out on very special customers, sophisticated, but not
smartly so; those who liked February Hill, for instance, should
like this, as it is "amoral" without being really shocking. Some
one of the staff should read it, surely. (Kirkus Reviews)
Steinbeck's first major critical and commercial success, Tortilla Flat is also his funniest novel.
Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California, centuries before. He values friendship above money and possessions, so that when he suddenly inherits two houses, Danny is quick to offer shelter to his fellow gentlemen of the road. Their love of freedom and scorn for material things draw them into daring and often hilarious adventures. Until Danny, tiring of his new responsibilities, suddenly disappears ...
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