“Tortilla Flat” by John Steinbeck

S4 Ep 3

Host: Frank Lavallo

Readers: Scott & Ildi Rich

Endnotes: Ted Schwartz

Author: John Steinbeck

Year of Publication: 1935

Plot: Tortilla Flat, a small town near Monterey, California becomes a haven for a gang of jobless locals who inhabit two homes, left behind as an inheritance to Danny, our story's hero. He and his friends comprise a group of drunkards, thieves, and even bums, who are good at heart, requiring little more from life than friendship and a little wine.