[.uk] John Steinbeck: Travels with Charley and Later Novels ... (ISBN 1598530046)

Fititng Conclusion to Series:
This volume is up to the LOA's customary magnificient standards. This is not Steinbeck's best work (although I persist in viewing "Sweet Thursday" as under-valued), but still worth every penny. Steinbeck fans should have this on their shelves. DeMott's previous editorial work on The Grapes of Wrath establishes him as the editor of choice for any edition, and these Library of America editions are becoming, justifiably, the "standard" texts.

Not enough:
This review refers to the total of the 4 volumes of the LoA Steinbeck. As a Steinbeck fan and as a reader who really appreciates the LoA volumes, I am not hundred percent satisfied with the set of 4. It is not Steinbeck that I find fault with (though I do not admire everything that he wrote), but the text selection: the series is short by 1 volume. It ought to have integrated the following, in order to be more complete and have the full Steinbeck: The Cup of Gold The War Reporting Viva Zapata (the script and the essay) The Russian Journal The Short Reign of King Pippin The Journal of East of Eden (which is better than the novel itself, believe me!) Maybe we can talk the editors into adding a supplementary Steinbeck volume to their otherwise beautiful collection?

Steinbeck is Better than Alcohol!!!:
John Steinbeck should be read and studied by every red-blooded American! Everything the guy wrote is gold. No better American writer ever!!! Read everything he ever composed and thank yourself for doing it!