One character in this novel creates a giant pincushion titled Pre-Cambrian Memory and another character in this work rejects his wife's request for one dollar and ninety eight cents to buy curtains because they are living in a windowless boiler.
One character in this novel creates a giant pincushion titled Pre-Cambrian Memory and another character in this work rejects his wife's request for one dollar and ninety eight cents to buy curtains because they are living in a windowless boiler. An onyx and bronze clock depicting George and the Dragon is stolen from Jacob's Jewelry Store by the mentally retarded Frankie in this novel, which also features the Bear Flag Restaurant, a brothel run by Dora. One group in this novel lives in The Palace Flophouse and Grill and includes members like Eddie, who siphons leftover drinks at the La Ida bar in addition to collecting frogs for the Western Biological Laboratory owned by the protagonist. For 10 points name this novel in which Mack and his boys throw a party for the marine biologist Doc in the title California locale, a work of John Steinbeck.
One character in this novel creates a giant pincushion titled Pre-Cambrian Memory and another character in this work rejects his wife's request for one dollar and ninety eight cents to buy curtains because they are living in a windowless boiler.
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