George and his large, simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters, with nothing in the world except each other - and a dream. A dream that one day they will have some land of their own,somewhere to settle and live in peace. Finding work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley,they hope to stay long enough to get some money together. But kind-hearted, childlike Lennie is prone to getting into trouble - unable to control either his emotions or his enormous strength,he is a target for the casual cruelty of others. And when disaster strikes again, it seems that this time George may not be able to save his friend ...

A powerfully moving story of the lonely and dispossessed, Of Mice and Men is one of John Steinbeck's best-known and most popular books.