[inner] Chapter 31: "A Beautiful Gopher in the Prime of His Life”

Gopher heaven? A luscious organic celery bed in the Salinas Valley.

Look at them. There are your true philosophers. I think,” he went on, “that Mack and the boys know everything that has ever happened in the world and possibly everything that will happen. I think they survive in this particular world better than other people. (129)

Photo of a mural on Cannery Row. More "Tortilla Flat" than "Cannery Row," I still thought of Mack and the boys when I saw this...

Moonlight Sonata (Link to music)