TY - BOOK AU - Steinbeck, John TI - The pearl T2 - Penguin classics SN - 9780141185125 U1 - 820 PY - 2000/// CY - London PB - Penguin N2 - Kino is a Mexican pearl fisher in the Gulf of California. When he and his wife, Juana, have a baby, their joy is complete ... until the infant is bitten by a scorpion. Kino finds a great pearl worth a fortune, but it brings only tragedy and evil to his family ER -