{"product_id":"of-mice-and-men","title":"Of Mice and Men","description":"\u003ch1\u003eOf Mice and Men\u003c\/h1\u003eJohn Steinbeck\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 1 1993\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780140177398\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0140177396\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eA controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thriller, a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn 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 hardship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391063818285,"sku":"20683","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_dec5bf92-6787-41d4-a58c-2430e1eab215.jpg?v=1787351295","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/of-mice-and-men","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}