A review by madscibrarian
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century by Otto Penzler, Tony Hillerman

2.0

Read this in one day because it is so short. I am shelving it as a classic because it's Steinbeck. It's my first Steinbeck novel and I thought it was all right. I don't think it is his best work. My guess though is that he is fascinated with poor people being miserable (given the little I know about The Grapes of Wraith) because that is what this book is about, too. Yes, we can attribute it to other life-long lessons, but really, poor people being miserable is a pretty good summary of this book.