TY - BOOK AU - Steinbeck, John, TI - East of Eden SN - 0434740020 AV - PS3537.T3234 E28 1952 U1 - 823.91 18 PY - 1967/// CY - London PB - Heinemann KW - Children of prostitutes KW - Fiction KW - Sibling rivalry KW - Brothers KW - Fathers and sons KW - Salinas River Valley (Calif.) N2 - Adam Trask, ill-used by a jealous half-brother, drifts without purpose until he marries the unscrupulous and wanton Kate. But when his wife abandons him with his twin sons, Caleb and Aaron, to run an infamous brothel, the family is consumed by a bitter struggle involving adultery and murder. ER -