Of Mice and Men : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780140177398 : 0140177396 : 30 Sep 1993 : A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression   They are 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 they have formed a \"family,\" clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers 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...