OF MICE AND MEN

STEINBECK, JOHN

a controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the great depression they are an unlikely pair: george is small and quick and dark of face; lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. yet they have formed a family, clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. laborers in california's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. for george and lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. when they land jobs on a ranch in the salinas valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. but even george cannot guard lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of lennie's unswerving obedience to the things george taught him. a thriller, a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. steinbeck has touched the quick. —the new york times