Pilon enlists a roommate-his pal Pablo-to share the house with him and, hopefully, to foot the entire rent bill. Given Pilon's shifty nature, he is not one to be depended on for timely rent payment-or, any rent payments at all. Danny and Pilon while away their time carousing, pilfering wine, and engaging in petty squabbles. However, his grandfather left him two houses in his will, so Danny moves into one and rents the other to his conman friend, Pilon. In the Monterey neighborhood of Tortilla Flat, Danny arrives home from the war only to learn that his grandfather has died in his absence. They dedicate themselves to drinking, fighting, making amends, and attempting to enjoy their lives that were nearly snuffed out by the Great War. Set on the author's home turf of Monterey, California, in the days following the end of the First World War, the novel chronicles the experiences of Danny and his aimless group of friends as they readjust to the world at home. Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author John Steinbeck’s novel Tortilla Flat (1935) is one of his earliest literary triumphs.
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