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Of Mice and Men

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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller

One of those timeless tales that you just have to read. The pervading themes of class division and the clenched fist of the government are undercut by the beautiful friendship that makes perseverance worth it. A story of devastating consequences, Of Mice And Men dares its readers to keep hope, because there will always be a glimmer.

A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression

"A thriller, a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick." —The New York Times

John Steinbeck's classic novella follows 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 together they have formed a family, clinging to each other in the face of loneliness, and alienation, and hard...

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