The Pearl England - 20th Century From the bestselling and prize-winning

From the bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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presents the book that started it all: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

Will their epic campaign withstand all this change

The Pearl England - 20th Century From the bestselling and prize-winning"There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon." A Penguin Classic One of Steinbeck's most taught works, The Pearl is the story of the Mexican diver Kino, whose discovery of a magnificent pearl from the Gulf beds means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife Juana cannot temper his obsession or stem the events