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Ratings: ★★★★★ (4.9/5)
Genre: Classic Literature / Tragedy / Great Depression Fiction / American Literature / Novella

Book Review:
John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men (1937) is a powerful and devastating novella set during the Great Depression. Two migrant workers, George (sharp and cynical) and Lennie (a giant of a man with a child’s mind), drift through California, dreaming of owning their own farm. Lennie loves to pet soft things — but his strength always leads to disaster. Their friendship is tender and rare, but the world is cruel. When Lennie accidentally kills the ranch owner’s flirtatious daughter-in-law, George is forced to make an impossible choice. The title comes from Robert Burns: “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.” A short, perfect, unforgettable tragedy. The New York Times called it “a thriller, a gripping tale that you will not set down until it is finished.”