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“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.
