This book took place in Monterey. This book is about a real-life street in Monterey. This street is one of America's most talked about streets. This story is about the events that took place in that town and street one week. It’s during the aftermath of the depression.

A major character in the story is Dora. She has orange hair and always wears green evening dresses. Dora owns a place called the Bear Flag Restaurant. It is a whore house. Dora gives money to the Chamber of Commerce, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Community Chest, and Police Department, so she can keep her illegal business open. Another character is an old Chinese man. Some think he is a God and some think he is death and comes to get the dead at night. All the people of Cannery Row are scared of him except for a ten year old boy named Andy. Andy was there visiting family and didn't know all the rumors of him. Andy would watch the old Chinese man come in and out of the water each night. One night he decided to approach the old man. The old Chinese man talked to the little boy for about two hours and then returned to the water. No one ever heard what they talked about. There was something strange abo

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