"The compelling story of two outsiders striving to find their place in an unforgiving world. Drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other and a dream--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 doomed as Lennie, struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy, becomes a victim of his own strength. Tackling universal themes such as the friendship of a shared vision, and giving voice to America’s lonely and dispossessed, Of Mice and Men has proved one of Steinbeck’s most popular works, achieving success as a novel, a Broadway play and three acclaimed films."

A classic gem! I read other novels of John Steinbeck (winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962), but this novella never before.  It’s included in the 1001 Must Read Books, along with his masterpiece, the Pulitzer-Prize winning The Grapes of Wrath. I’ve always loved his writing and it’s probably time for me to re-read other of his novels as well.