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The Grapes of Wrath By John Stienbeck Review By Nic Sherlock This book was published in 1975 but written in the 1930's. It won the Pulitzer Prize and the author also won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature. The book is a story of the Joad family, and their trip to California. It tells of the migration of thousands of homeless families from Oklahoma to California. It follows the Joad family, who, evicted from the land by …

…into the harsh conditions endured by many out of work families in the Great Depression as an entertaining read. The book is not easy to read and at times is slow but in the end the result is an entertaining and touching novel. The powerfully thick description allowed me to picture the book in my mind's eye. That always helps me when reading. Overall it was a novel worthy of the Pulitzer Prize it won.