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. -- The New York Times.
Steinbeck has touched the quick. that you will not set down until it is finished. . .
A thriller, a gripping tale .
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.
When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp.
For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own.
Laborers in California\'s dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence.
Yet they have formed a family, clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation.
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
