Tortilla Flat

Danny and his friends in Tortilla Flat spend their lives hanging out, telling stories, drinking wine, fighting, and spending time with women.

It's a simple story of simple friendships that takes place in a time when people could scrounge for a bit of work, scrounge for a bit of food, and scrounge for a place to stay, and when people could spend most of their time doing the things they like to do—and that was enough. Jail time is an expected part of life. Drinking sprees are an expected part of life. Fist fights are an expected part of life. And friendship is the central value of all the men in the story.