Is a book without much of a plot. Rather, it is an attempt to capture the feeling and people of a place, the cannery district of monterey, California, which is populated by a mix of those down on their luck and those who...Is a book without much of a plot. Rather, it is an attempt to capture the feeling and people of a place, the cannery district of monterey, California, which is populated by a mix of those down on their luck and those who choose for other reasons not to live "Up the hill" In the more respectable area of town.