A postwar continuation of Cannery Row, [Sweet Thursday is] every bit as juicy and relaxed as the original. . This is comedy-bawdy, sentimental, and good fun.' The AtlanticIn Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that is just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row, the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld