Mr John Steinbeck: The Winter of Our Discontent: John Steinbeck (Penguin Modern Classics) [2001] paperback SHIST Andrew made a childhood wish

Andrew made a childhood wish

and together they can face anything

But when she will not marry him

Some in a huge way

turning its inventive and sexually charged gaze to corruption and abuse in our most private spaces

Mr John Steinbeck: The Winter of Our Discontent: John Steinbeck (Penguin Modern Classics) [2001] paperback SHIST Andrew made a childhood wishEthan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy and enterprising forebears, a long line of proud New England sea captains and Pilgrims. Scarred by failure, Ethan works as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned. But his wife is restless and his teenage children troubled and hungry for the material comforts he cannot provide. Then a series of unusual events reignites Ethan's ambition, and he is pitched on to a bold course,