Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, during the Great Depression. They want to throw a party for their friend Doc, so Mack and the boys set about, in their own inimitable way, recruiting everyone in the neighborhood to the cause. But along the way they can"t help but get involved in a little mischief and misadventure. It wouldn"t be Cannery Row if it was otherwise, now would it? Packed with a ramshackle joie de vivre, Cannery Row is Steinbeck"s high-spirited tribute to his native California.