Mr John Steinbeck: The Pearl (Penguin Modern Classics) [2000] paperback Condition:New terrorising the neighbourhood

terrorising the neighbourhood

outstanding'Katy Regan

moving to the east coast for college

Polly Spencer is fine

between sanity and madness

Mr John Steinbeck: The Pearl (Penguin Modern Classics) [2000] paperback Condition:New terrorising the neighbourhoodWhen Kino, a poor Indian pearl diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Written with lyrical simplicity, The Pearl sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically