- John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat
"An astonishing book of many merits for readers of intelligent dystopia" - Claire Rhoden review of "House of the Flight-helpers", Tartarus Press UK, 2019
Friday, 6 April 2012
"Don't you remember what night it is?" he asked. "No. What is it?" "It is St Andrew's Eve..."
...Then the Portagee knew; for this was the night when every paisano who wasn't in jail wandered restlessly through the forest. This was the night when all buried treasure sent up a faint phosphoresent glow through the ground. There was plenty of treasure in the woods, too...
- John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat
- John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat
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