id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2665 Tortilla Flat - Wikipedia .html text/html 2558 259 82 Tortilla Flat (1935) is an early John Steinbeck novel set in Monterey, California. Steinbeck later returned to some of the panhandling locals of Monterey (though not the Mexican paisanos of the Flat) in his novel Cannery Row (1945). After escaping, Danny talks his friend, a clever man named Pilon into sharing his brandy and his houses. Pilon kills a rooster, rents Danny's second house for money which it is understood he will never pay, and exchanges paper roses for a gallon of SeƱora Torelli's wine. 8 How Danny's Friends sought mystic treasure on Saint Andrew's Eve. How Pilon found it and later how a pair of serge pants changed ownership twice. When Torelli shows the friends the bill of sale for Danny's house, they steal and burn it. His friends work a whole day cutting squid for Chin Kee. All of Tortilla Flat makes a party at Danny's home. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2665.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2665.txt