Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century offers a powerful but tragic tale in Of Mice & Men". ' 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 & 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 & 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. & one day not even George will be able to save him from trouble. " Of Mice & Men" is a tragic & moving story of friendship loneliness & the dispossessed. "A thriller a gripping tale that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick". (" New York Times"). Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest & best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His complete works are published by Penguin & include " Cannery Row" " The Pearl" " The Winter of Our Discontent" & " The Grapes of Wrath"."