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Sweet Thursday

Sweet Thursday

de John Steinbeck

Écrit en 1953 - anglais

Présentation

Doc returns to a deserted Western Biological after his stint in the Army ends after World War II to a changed Cannery Row. Mack and the Boys are still living in the Palace Flophouse, but Lee Chong has closed his store and the locals are now at the mercy of new shopkeeper Joseph and Mary Rivas, a man with a string of scams and deals. Since the death of Dora, the local brothel, The Bear Flag Restaurant, is now being run by Dora's older sister Fauna, a former mission worker previously known as Flora. Under Fauna, the girls of the Bear Flag study etiquette and posture with the goal of joining Fauna's list of gold stars, former girls who have married and are out of the working life. As Doc tries to rebuild his neglected business and Mack and the Boys try to save their home from the tax man, the latest Bear Flag resident Suzy is causing trouble. Joseph and Mary Rivas is of the opinion Suzy has too big of a bust and not enough of a backside to be a good working girl. Fauna knows Suzy isn't cut out to be a working girl, but her soft heart always falls for a hard luck story. Deciding to make Suzy one of her gold star girls, Fauna plots to throw Suzy into the arms of a husband to be-Doc and enlists the aid of Mack and the Boys. After a disastrous party hosted by Mack and the Boys, Suzy leaves the Bear Flag but not to marry Doc. Choosing to put take care of herself, Suzy moves into the empty boiler in the vacant lot and takes a job at the local hash joint, the Golden Poppy. While Cannery Row is stunned over Suzy's actions and Doc wrestles a critical project, Hazel struggles with his own demon. Having being told by Fauna in an astrological reading he will become President of the United States, Hazel fights destiny and breaks Doc's arm in an act of desparation. Realizing Doc's broken arm will keep him from a much needed collecting expedition, Mack and the Boys teach Suzy to drive a car. The injured Doc and Suzy head off to the coast for the collecting expedition.

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