A compelling story of two outsiders striving to find their place in an unforgiving world John Steinbeck's Of Mice & Men"
Includes:: an introduction by Susan Shillinglaw in " Penguin Classics". Drifters in search of work George & his childlike friend Lennie have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back
- & a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley but their hopes are dashed as Lennie
- struggling against extreme cruelty misunderstanding & feelings of jealousy
- becomes a victim of his own strength. Tackling universal themes of friendship & shared vision & giving a voice to America's lonely & dispossessed " Of Mice & Men" remains Steinbeck's most popular work achieving success as a novel Broadway play & three acclaimed films. John Steinbeck (1902-68) winner of the Pulitzer Prize & the Nobel Prize for literature is remembered as one of the greatest & best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the Second World War Steinbeck served as a war correspondent his journalism later collected in " Once There Was a War" (1958) & he was awarded the Norwegian Cross of Freedom for his portrayal in " The Moon is Down" (1942) of Resistance efforts in northern Europe. His best-known works include the epics " The Grapes of Wrath" (1939) & " East of Eden" (1952) & his tragic novella " Of Mice & Men" (1937). John Steinbeck's complete works are published in " Penguin Modern Classics". If you enjoyed " Of Mice & Men" you might like Steinbeck's " Cannery Row" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". "A thriller a gripping tale that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick". (" The New York Times")."