'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place.'
George and his large, simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters, following wherever work leads them. Arriving in California's Salinas Valley, they get work on a ranch. If they can just stay out of trouble, George promises Lennie, then one day they might be able to get some land of their own and settle down some place. But kind-hearted, childlike Lennie is a victim of his own strength. Seen by others as a threat, he finds it impossible to control his emotions. And one day not even George will be able to save him from trouble.
Of Mice and Men is a tragic and moving story of friendship, loneliness and the dispossessed, with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241980330
Number of pages: 112
Dimensions: 181 x 111 x 8 mm
Weight: 69 g
Language: English
A thriller, a gripping tale that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick - New York Times
A short tale of much power and beauty. Mr. Steinbeck has contributed a small masterpiece to the modern tough-tender school of American fiction - Times Literary Supplement
Brutality and tenderness mingle in these strangely moving pages. . . The reader is fascinated by a certainty of approaching doom. - Chicago Tribune
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Fantastic!
But the ending.....so sad!
Streetwise George and his friend Lenny are drifters, searching for work in the American midwest and trying not to get themselves in too much trouble...
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An amazing book which improves upon each reading. I am teaching it for GCSE at the moment and my class love the novel.
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