{"product_id":"9780140177398","title":"Of Mice and Men","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"John Steinbeck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46036061749348,"sku":"9780140177398","price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0645\/0502\/0516\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0124e57b-b5e9-4a84-b43b-fee58277f390.jpg?v=1750097786","url":"https:\/\/larkspurbooks.ca\/products\/9780140177398","provider":"Larkspur Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}